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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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Williams, Linda, 1946- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Durham : Duke University Press, 2014.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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.