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On The Wire /

In this sophisticated examination of the HBO serial drama that aired from 2002 until 2008, Linda Williams, a leading film scholar and authority on the interplay between film, melodrama, and issues of race, suggests what exactly it is that makes The Wire so good. She argues that while the series is a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Williams, Linda, 1946- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2014.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • World enough and time: the genesis and genius of the Wire
  • Justice in the Wire: tragedy, realism, and melodrama
  • Surveillance, schoolin' and race
  • Conclusion: home sweet Baltimore.