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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Calhoun, Claudia (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2022.
Subjects:
Los Angeles (Calif.). > Police Department > In mass media.
Los Angeles (Calif.). > Police Department
Dragnet (Radio program)
Dragnet (Radio program) > Influence.
Dragnet (Television program : 1951-1959)
Dragnet (Television program : 1951-1959) > Influence.
Television cop shows > History and criticism.
Television cop shows > Social aspects.
Émissions policières télévisées > Histoire et critique.
Émissions policières télévisées > Aspect social.
PERFORMING ARTS / General.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Mass media
Television cop shows
Television cop shows > Social aspects
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. Dragnet and the police procedural
  • "Our neo-realism" : The Hollywood semi-documentary cycle
  • Silence, not sirens : Dragnet's aural realism
  • Saturation and citizenship : Dragnet on television and in culture
  • Professionalization and public relations : Dragnet and the LAPD
  • Epilogue. "One of us".

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