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Only the names have been changed : Dragnet, the police procedural, and postwar culture /

"A study of the early, paradigmatic police procedural "Dragnet" (radio, TV, and film), showing how the narrative emphasized the need for a civil, democratic society and implied that order could be maintained by citizens' cooperation with police. The book includes discussions of t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Calhoun, Claudia (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2022.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"A study of the early, paradigmatic police procedural "Dragnet" (radio, TV, and film), showing how the narrative emphasized the need for a civil, democratic society and implied that order could be maintained by citizens' cooperation with police. The book includes discussions of the program's media convergence; the relationship between producers and the real-life LAPD, who advised, provided story ideas, reviewed scripts, and served as on-set technical advisors and who benefited as a result of this positive association with the beloved program; the show's role in the development of the police procedural; and current calls for police reform among accusations that the genre has not accurately reflected all communities' experiences with the police and that it has helped audiences turn a blind eye toward police abuses"--
Notas:Description based upon print version of record.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (186 pages)
ISBN:1477325409
9781477325407