{"product_id":"cop-shows-roger-sabin-9780786448197","title":"Cop Shows: A Critical History of Police Dramas on Television","description":"\u003cp\u003e From cops who are paragons of virtue, to cops who are as bad as the bad guys...from surly loners, to upbeat partners...from detectives who pursue painstaking investigation, to loose cannons who just want to kick down the door, the heroes and anti-heroes of TV police dramas are part of who we are. They enter our living rooms and tell us tall tales about the social contract that exists between the citizen and the police. Love them or loathe them--according to the ratings, we love them--they serve a function. They've entertained, informed and sometimes infuriated audiences for more than 60 years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This book examines \u003ci\u003eDragnet, Highway Patrol, Naked City, The Untouchables, The F.B.I., Columbo, Hawaii Five-O, Kojak, Starsky \u0026amp; Hutch, Hill Street Blues, Cagney \u0026amp; Lacey, Miami Vice, Law \u0026amp; Order, Homicide: Life on the Street, NYPD Blue, CSI, The Shield, The Wire\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eJustified\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e It's time to take another look at the \"perps,\" the \"vics\" and the boys and girls in blue, and ask how their representation intersects with questions of class, gender, sexuality, and \"race.\" What is their socio-cultural agenda? What is their relation to genre and televisuality? And why is it that when a TV cop gives a witness his card and says, \"call me,\" that witness always ends up on a slab?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Roger Sabin, Ronald Wilson, Linda Speidel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0786448199\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780786448197\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/23\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.87h x 7.49w x 0.46d","brand":"Roger Sabin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43947141988607,"sku":"9780786448197","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_f6bb4b8e-e088-452a-bb2b-df1ee2d8ef1b.jpg?v=1681516966","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cop-shows-roger-sabin-9780786448197","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}