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The Wire: Race, Class, and Genre (Class : Culture)

The Wire: Race, Class, and Genre (Class : Culture)
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"This bravura collection of essays ratifies the opinion of millions of worldwide fans:Â The WireÂ is the urbanÂ Grapes of Wrath, with characters as vivid and enduring, and truths as radical and plain-spoken, as those in Steinbeck's masterpiece."Â
--Mike Davis, University of California, Riverside

"Across its seasons,Â The WireÂ set out to combine a highly entertaining television experience with trenchant social argument. In comparable fashion, the essays in this volume take on the challenge of offering consequential cultural analysis in a compelling manner, and they amply provide myriad insights expressed with verve and vitality. A rich, important collection."Â
--Dana Polan, New York University

"Kennedy and Shapiro have assembled a stellar collection of essays -- these consistently smart and engaging pieces illustrate how high quality crime tv operates as a premiere showcase for the tensions and predicaments of early twenty-first century American life and how The Wire in particular emerges as a crucial, compelling cultural text."Â
Â --Diane Negra, University College Dublin

Country	USA
Brand	University of Michigan Press
Manufacturer	University of Michigan Press
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	black & white illustrations
ReleaseDate	2012-08-24
UnitCount	1
Format	Illustrated
EANs	9780472051786

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