Connecting the Wire - Race, Space, and Postindustrial Baltimore

The first comprehensive, season-by-season analysis of the critically acclaimed HBO series The Wire, this book explicates the complex narrative arc of the entire series and its sweeping vision of institutional failure in the postindustrial United States.

Table des matières

• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• One. Season 1: Drugs, Race, and the Structures of Social Immobility
• Two. Season 2: The Wire, the Waterfront, and the Ravages of Neoliberalism
• Three. Season 3: Drugs, Space, and Redevelopment
• Four. Season 4: A Neoliberal Education: Space, Knowledge, and Schooling
• Five. Season 5: The Demise of the Public Sphere—News, Lies, and Policing
• Conclusion: The Wire and the New Dawn (Maybe)
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index

A propos de l'auteur

By Stanley Corkin

Résumé

The first comprehensive, season-by-season analysis of the critically acclaimed HBO series The Wire, this book explicates the complex narrative arc of the entire series and its sweeping vision of institutional failure in the postindustrial United States.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Stanley Corkin
• Edition: University Of Texas Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 28.02.2017
• EAN: 9781477311776
• ISBN: 978-1-4773-1177-6
• Pages: 260
• Thèmes: Texas Film and Media Studies Series; Texas Film and Media Studies
• Catégorie: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Art > Théâtre, ballet