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American TV Detective Dramas

Serial Investigations

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  • © 2016

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Authors:
  1. Mareike Jenner

    1. Anglia Ruskin University, UK

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Part of the book series: Crime Files (CF)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
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  2. Introduction

    • Mareike Jenner
    Pages 1-13

  3. Investigating Detection: Methods of Detection in American Detective Dramas

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    Pages 14-38

  4. Defining Detection: The Detective Genre

    • Mareike Jenner
    Pages 39-54

  5. Telling Detection: The Narrative Structures of American TV Detective Dramas

    • Mareike Jenner
    Pages 55-75

  6. Stabilising Detection: Protecting and Serving the Status Quo 1950–68

    • Mareike Jenner
    Pages 76-88

  7. Reforming Detection: Social Change and Political Corruption 1968–80

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    Pages 89-99

  8. Diversifying Detection: Proliferation of Channels and Television Cycles 1980–2000

    • Mareike Jenner
    Pages 100-123

  9. Disillusioned Detection: DNA and 9/11 2000–10

    • Mareike Jenner
    Pages 124-143

  10. Rethinking Detection: Alternative Methods of Detection

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    Pages 144-164

  11. Conclusion

    • Mareike Jenner
    Pages 165-171

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 172-191
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About this book

The way detectives access and attain the 'truth' about a crime is an important indicator of how they relate to contemporary political developments. This book explores these methods of detection and positions the genre in a specific political, aesthetic, narrative and industrial context.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Anglia Ruskin University, UK

    Mareike Jenner

About the author

Mareike Jenner is an Independent Scholar based in Berlin, Germany. She received her PhD in Film and Television Studies from Aberystwyth University, UK, in 2013. She has published on issues of gender and heteronormativity, the detective, teen and hospital genre and Video-on-Demand.

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