Breaking Bad

Critical Essays on the Contexts, Politics, Style, and Reception of the Television Series

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Language Arts, Communication, Entertainment, Television, Performing Arts
Cover of the book Breaking Bad by , Lexington Books
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: ISBN: 9780739179253
Publisher: Lexington Books Publication: November 21, 2013
Imprint: Lexington Books Language: English
Author:
ISBN: 9780739179253
Publisher: Lexington Books
Publication: November 21, 2013
Imprint: Lexington Books
Language: English

Breaking Bad*: Critical Essays on the Contexts, Politics, Style, and Reception of the Television Series*, edited by David P. Pierson, explores the contexts, politics, and style of AMC's original series Breaking Bad. The book's first section locates and addresses the series from several contemporary social contexts, including neo-liberalism, its discourses and policies, the cultural obsession with the economy of time and its manipulation, and the epistemological principles and assumptions of Walter White's criminal alias Heisenberg. Section two investigates how the series characterizes and intersects with current cultural politics, such as male angst and the re-emergence of hegemonic masculinity, the complex portrayal of Latinos, and the depiction of physical and mental impairment and disability. The final section takes a close look at the series' distinctive visual, aural, and narrative stylistics. Under examination are Breaking Bad's unique visual style whereby image dominates sound, the distinct role and use of beginning teaser segments to disorient and enlighten audiences, the representation of geographic space and place, the position of narrative songs to complicate viewer identification, and the integral part that emotions play as a form of dramatic action in the series.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Breaking Bad*: Critical Essays on the Contexts, Politics, Style, and Reception of the Television Series*, edited by David P. Pierson, explores the contexts, politics, and style of AMC's original series Breaking Bad. The book's first section locates and addresses the series from several contemporary social contexts, including neo-liberalism, its discourses and policies, the cultural obsession with the economy of time and its manipulation, and the epistemological principles and assumptions of Walter White's criminal alias Heisenberg. Section two investigates how the series characterizes and intersects with current cultural politics, such as male angst and the re-emergence of hegemonic masculinity, the complex portrayal of Latinos, and the depiction of physical and mental impairment and disability. The final section takes a close look at the series' distinctive visual, aural, and narrative stylistics. Under examination are Breaking Bad's unique visual style whereby image dominates sound, the distinct role and use of beginning teaser segments to disorient and enlighten audiences, the representation of geographic space and place, the position of narrative songs to complicate viewer identification, and the integral part that emotions play as a form of dramatic action in the series.

More books from Lexington Books

Cover of the book Professional Development Schools and Social Justice by
Cover of the book Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in UN Peacekeeping by
Cover of the book The Gamma Paradoxes by
Cover of the book The Aftermath of the 2011 East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami by
Cover of the book Critical Childhood Studies and the Practice of Interdisciplinarity by
Cover of the book The Prague Spring and the Warsaw Pact Invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968 by
Cover of the book Theorizing Chinese Citizenship by
Cover of the book Muslim Integration by
Cover of the book The Preaching of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen by
Cover of the book Dynamic Détente by
Cover of the book Nuclear Tsunami by
Cover of the book Morals and Manners among Negro Americans by
Cover of the book The Rhetoric of Intention in Human Affairs by
Cover of the book Rethinking America’s Correctional Policies by
Cover of the book The Roads to Congress 2008 by
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy