Robert Samuels (USA UC Santa Barbara)

Political Pathologies from The Sopranos to Succession

Prestige TV and the Contradictions of the ¿Liberal¿ Class

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Produktbeschreibung

This book argues that highly praised prestige TV shows reveal the underlying fantasies and contradictions of upper-middle class political centrists. It contributes to a greater understanding of the ways media and political ideology can circulate on a global level through the psychopathology of class consciousness.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 124
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. März 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 155mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 214g
• ISBN-13: 9781032403397
• ISBN-10: 103240339X
• Artikelnr.: 66702319

Autorenporträt

Robert Samuels, PhD, holds doctorates in Psychoanalysis and English and teaches at the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. The Sopranos: Make TV Elite Again
3. Breaking Bad: From Walter White to the Alt-Right
4. The Wire and the Death of Liberal Institutions
5. House of Cards and the Fall of the Liberal Class
6. Dexter: Artistic Violence as Class Distinction
7. Game of Thrones: Climate Change, Gender Wars, and the Fictionalized
Past
8. Conclusion: Succession and the Metafictional Political Present
Index