Breaking Bad - Critical Essays on the Contexts, Politics, Style, and Reception of

Informationen zum Autor David Pierson is an associate professor of media studies and chair of the Department of Communication and Media Studies at the University of Southern Maine. Klappentext Breaking Bad: Critical Essays on the Contexts, Politics, Style, and Reception of the Television Series, edited by David P. Pierson, examines the social contexts, cultural politics, and visual, aural, and narrative style of AMC's original series Breaking Bad. This collection of critical essays explores such topics as neo-liberalism, spatiality and temporality, modern science and its principles, the representation of masculinity, Latinos, and disabilities, the function of narrative teasers and songs, and the role of emotions as dramatic action in the series. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroductionThe Contexts of Breaking Bad1.Breaking Neoliberal?: Neo-liberalism, its Discourses, and Breaking Bad David P. Pierson2.Multiple Existences and the Economy of Time in Breaking BadDustin Freely3.Heisenberg, Epistemological Implications of a Criminal PseudonymAlberto BrodescoThe Politics of Breaking Bad4.Taking Control: Male Angst and the Re-emergence of Hegemonic Masculinity in Breaking Bad Brian Faucette5.Not Your Average Mexican: Breaking Bad and the Destruction of Latino Stereotypes Andrew Howe6.A Life Not Worthy Living Jami L. AndersonThe Style of Breaking Bad7.Breaking the WavesPierre Barrette and Yves Picard8.Uncertain Beginnings: Breaking Bad's Episodic OpeningsRossend Sanchez Baro9.Buying the House: Place in Breaking Bad Ensley F. Guffey10. Mediating Fictional Crime, Music, Morality and Liquid Identification in Breaking BadCarlo Nardi11. Feeling Bad: Emotions and Narrativity in Breaking BadDeidre PribramMain Cast, Production History, and Episode Guide IndexAbout the Contributors...

Product details

• Authors: David P. Pierson
• Assisted by: David P. Pierson (Editor), Pierson David P. (Editor)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2015
• EAN: 9781498532327
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-3232-7
• No. of pages: 232
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries; Media Studies, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, Television, PERFORMING ARTS / Television / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, PERFORMING ARTS / Television / History & Criticism, Communication Studies, Literature: history & criticism, Violence in society