»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.
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
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»Whatever Happened, Happened«. Serial Character Constellation as Problem and Solution in Lost No access Pages 57 - 88
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Shakespeare''s Wire No access Pages 89 - 110
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(Post-)Feminism and Gender Politics in Mad Men No access Pages 111 - 132
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Truth, Justice, and Contingency in The Good Wife No access Pages 133 - 152
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30 Rock: Complexity, Metareferentiality and the Contemporary Quality Sitcom No access Pages 153 - 184
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Paranoia in Serie - Zur Strukturlogik von Ereignisnarrationen in der Fernsehserie Fringe No access Pages 185 - 206
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Verschwörung gegen Amerika. True Blood und die Politiken des Vampirs No access Pages 207 - 224
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»How Is It Possible That This Was Kept a Secret?« Representation, Realism, and ›Epistemic Panic‹ in The West Wing No access Pages 225 - 248
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Der mögliche Untergang der Republik. Zur Verschränkung von Möglichkeitsdenken und politischem Diskurs in der Historienserie Rome No access Pages 249 - 276
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Slices of Life - Killing and Seriality in Dexter No access Pages 277 - 304
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»Folge dem auteur!« Serielle und transmediale Autorenschaft am Beispiel von Joss Whedon No access Pages 305 - 342
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Verzeichnis der Autorinnen No access Pages 343 - 344
