| Description |
1 online resource (x, 231 pages) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-221) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : the presidency, prime-time popular culture, and U.S. nationalism -- The West Wing as a political romance -- Gendered nationalism and The West Wing -- Radicalized nationalism and The West Wing -- Militarized nationalism and The West Wing -- The West Wing's prime-time nationalism -- Appendix A : The West Wing episode directory -- Appendix B : The West Wing character directory. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Summary |
Contrasting strong women and multiculturalism with portrayals of a heroic white male leading the nation into battle, The Prime-Time Presidency explores the NBC drama The West Wing, paying particular attention to its role in promoting cultural meaning about the presidency and U.S. nationalism. Based in a careful, detailed analysis of the "first term" of The West Wing's President Josiah Bartlet, this criticism highlights the ways the text negotiates powerful tensions and complex ambiguities at the base of U.S. national identity--particularly the role of gender, race, and militarism in the construction of U.S. nationalism. Unlike scattered and disparate collections of essays, Trevor Parry-Giles and Shawn J. Parry-Giles offer a sustained, ideologically driven criticism of The West Wing. The Prime-time Presidency presents a detailed critique of the program rooted in presidential history, an appreciation of television's power as a source of political meaning, and television's contribution to the articulation of U.S. national identity. |
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West Wing (Television program)
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West Wing (Television program) (OCoLC)fst01393773
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Television programs.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Television -- History & Criticism.
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Television programs. (OCoLC)fst01147026
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Electronic books.
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Parry-Giles, Shawn J., 1960-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Parry-Giles, Trevor, 1963- Prime-time presidency. Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2006 (DLC) 2005021529 (OCoLC)61211262 |
| ISBN |
9780252092091 (electronic bk.) |
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0252092090 (electronic bk.) |
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