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The Politics of HBO's The Wire

Everything is Connected. Popular Culture and World Politics

Format: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, London, United Kingdom
Imprint: Routledge
Published: 2nd Dec 2016
Dimensions: w 156mm h 234mm
Weight: 360g
ISBN-10: 0415791162
ISBN-13: 9780415791168
Barcode No: 9780415791168
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This innovative new work suggests that The Wire reflects, not simply a cultural take on contemporary America, but a structural critique of the conditions of late-modernity and global capitalism. As such, it is a visual text worth investigating and exploring for its nuanced examination of power, difference and inequality. Deylami & Havercroft bring together nine essays addressing issues of interest to a range of academic fields in order to engage with this important cultural intervention that has transfixed audiences and sparked debate within the social scientific community. While the TV show is primarily focused upon the urban politics of Baltimore, the contributors to this volume read Baltimore as a global city. That is, they argue that the relations between race, class, power, and violence that the series examines only make sense if we understand that inner city Baltimore is a node in a larger global network of violence and economic inequality. The book is divided into three interrelated sections focusing on systemic and cultural violence, the rise and decline of national and state formations, and the dysfunctional and destructive forces of global capitalism. Throughout the series the relation of the urban to the global is constantly being explored. This innovative new volume explains clearly how The Wire portrays this interaction, and what this representation can show social scientists interested in race, neo-liberal processes of globalization, criminality, gender, violence and surveillance.

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"Contributors explore what The Wire, with its compelling narrative about institutional corruption and systemic failures in civic life, can teach viewers about political theory...this collection emphasizes quality over quantity, and each essay is as smart as the one before."--S. Pepper, Northeastern Illinois University, CHOICE