TV Detective
Subtitle: Voices of Dissent in Contemporary Television
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9781780762951
Subjects: Television broadcasting, great britain; Television broadcasting, social aspects
Description: "Helen Piper develops a compelling argument regarding the cultural relevance of television detectives, claiming that they have privileged roles as the 'voices' of dissent within society. Many of the programmes studied here chart sentiments of social loss or change and accommodate contemporary concerns. The discontented TV detective, Piper suggests, may serve to express a broader sense of cultural malaise."--