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Politics and Politicians in Contemporary US Television - Washington as Fiction (Paperback)
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Politics and Politicians in Contemporary US Television - Washington as Fiction (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Advances in Television Studies
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Bringing together well-established scholars of media, political
science, sociology, and film to investigate the representation of
Washington politics on U.S. television from the mid-2000s to the
present, this volume offers stimulating perspectives on the status
of representations of contemporary US politics, the role of
government and the machinations and intrigue often associated with
politicians and governmental institutions. The authors help to
locate these representations both in the context of the history of
earlier television shows that portrayed the political culture of
Washington as well as within the current political culture
transpiring both inside and outside of "The Beltway." With close
attention to issues of gender, race and class and offering studies
from contemporary quality television, including popular programmes
such as The West Wing, Veep, House of Cards, The Americans, The
Good Wife and Scandal, the authors examine the ways in which
televisual representations reveal changing attitudes towards
Washington culture, shedding light on the role of the media in
framing the public's changing perception of politics and
politicians. Exploring the new era in which television finds
itself, with new production practices and the possible emergence of
a new 'political genre' emerging, Politics and Politicians in
Contemporary U.S. Television also considers the 'humanizing' of
political characters on television, asking what that representation
of politicians as human beings says about the national political
culture. A fascinating study that sits at the intersection of
politics and television, this book will appeal to scholars of
popular culture, sociology, cultural and media studies.
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