»The Sopranos«, »Lost«, »The Wire«, »Mad Men«, »Breaking Bad« etc.: the contemporary American television series is marked by enormous diversity, distinctive aesthetics and remarkable audience success. But what is really »new » about the so-called »new« series? To what extent are they subordinate to specific cultural schemata or cultural scripts; and what cultural work do they perform when it comes to dealing with social changes and experiences of crisis? This anthology collects German and English-language articles from Media Studies and American Studies, which use selected examples to subject the format to reflections informed by Media Theory and Cultural Studies.
Einleitung No access Pages 7 - 34 Heike Paul, Christoph Ernst
Mr. White Breaks on through to the Other Side. Agency, Genre und die Repräsentation soziokultureller Dichotomien in Vince Gilligans Breaking Bad No access Pages 35 - 56 Lukas R.A. Wilde
»Whatever Happened, Happened«. Serial Character Constellation as Problem and Solution in Lost No access Pages 57 - 88 Frank Kelleter
Shakespeare''s Wire No access Pages 89 - 110 Elisabeth Bronfen
(Post-)Feminism and Gender Politics in Mad Men No access Pages 111 - 132 Katharina Gerund
Truth, Justice, and Contingency in The Good Wife No access Pages 133 - 152 Katja Kanzler
30 Rock: Complexity, Metareferentiality and the Contemporary Quality Sitcom No access Pages 153 - 184 Katrin Horn
Paranoia in Serie - Zur Strukturlogik von Ereignisnarrationen in der Fernsehserie Fringe No access Pages 185 - 206 Carolin Lano
Verschwörung gegen Amerika. True Blood und die Politiken des Vampirs No access Pages 207 - 224 André Grzeszyk
»How Is It Possible That This Was Kept a Secret?« Representation, Realism, and ›Epistemic Panic‹ in The West Wing No access Pages 225 - 248 Sebastian M. Herrmann
Der mögliche Untergang der Republik. Zur Verschränkung von Möglichkeitsdenken und politischem Diskurs in der Historienserie Rome No access Pages 249 - 276 Christoph Ernst
Slices of Life - Killing and Seriality in Dexter No access Pages 277 - 304 Carolin Lano
»Folge dem auteur!« Serielle und transmediale Autorenschaft am Beispiel von Joss Whedon No access Pages 305 - 342 Sven Grampp
Verzeichnis der Autorinnen No access Pages 343 - 344 Heike Paul, Christoph Ernst
Backmatter No access Pages 345 - 348 Heike Paul, Christoph Ernst
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