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David Simon's American City
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English
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2024
About this book
This book examines the television serials created by influential showrunner David Simon. The book argues that Simon’s main theme is the state of the contemporary American city and that all of his serials (barring one about the Iraq War) explore different facets of the metropolis. Each series offers distinctly different visions of the American city, but taken together they represent a sustained and intricate exploration of urban problems in modern America. From deindustrialisation in The Wire and residential segregation in Show Me a Hero to post-Katrina New Orleans in Treme and the transformation of the urban core in The Deuce, David Simon’s American city traces the urban through-line in Simon’s body of work.
Based on sustained analysis of these serials and their engagement with contemporary politics and culture, David Simon’s American city offers a compelling examination of one of television’s most arresting voices.
Based on sustained analysis of these serials and their engagement with contemporary politics and culture, David Simon’s American city offers a compelling examination of one of television’s most arresting voices.
Author / Editor information
Mikkel Jensen is Associate Professor in the Department of Culture and Learning at Aalborg University
Reviews
‘Jensen’s book is a significant contribution to television and cultural history studies and their interconnections. Jensen closely analyzes Simon’s shows and ideas that the shows engage with, showing how TV shows can critically interrogate cultural history, thereby expanding our ideas of what television studies can accomplish.’
—Steen Ledet Christiansen, Professor of Culture, Media, and Aesthetics, Aalborg University
—Steen Ledet Christiansen, Professor of Culture, Media, and Aesthetics, Aalborg University
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Front Matter
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Contents
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Illustrations
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Acknowledgments
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Introduction
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1 The Humanized Drug Addict
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2 The Aesthetics of ‘Pessimism’
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3 The Case for the City
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4 The Long Civil Rights Narrative
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5 Porn and Patriarchy
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Conclusion
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References
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Index
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Publishing information
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
eBook published on:
April 22, 2024
eBook ISBN:
9781526162533
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
eBook ISBN:
9781526162533
Keywords for this book
American cities; David Simon; HBO; New Orleans; prestige television; Show Me a Hero; television studies; television writers; The Deuce; The Wire; Treme; urban studies
Audience(s) for this book
For a non-specialist adult audience
