Dexter : Investigating Cutting Edge Television
Douglas L. Howard
Bok Engelsk 2010 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | London : : I.B.Tauris, , 2010.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (288 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Contents; Acknowledgments; Notes on Contributors; Introduction - Killing Time with Showtime's 'Dexter'; Part One. First Blood: Interviews; 1. An Interview with Author and 'Dexter' Creator Jeff Lindsay; 2. An Interview with 'Dexter' Writer and Developer James Manos, Jr; Part Two. Blood Slides: The Structure of the Series; 3. Dissecting the Opening Sequence; 4. ""Serial"" Killer: 'Dexter's' Narrative Strategies; 5. 'Dexter's' Hollow Designs; Part Three. Dexter on the Couch: Family, Friends, and 'Frankenstein'; 6. Harry Morgan: (Post)Modern Prometheus. - 15. The Art of Sp(l)atter: Body Horror in 'Dexter'16. From Silver Bullets to Duct Tape: Dexter versus the Traditional Vigilante Hero; Appendix A: Episode Guide; Appendix B: Novel Guide; Bibliography; Teleography; Filmography; Endnotes; Index. - 7. Sex, Psychoanalysis, and Sublimation in 'Dexter'8. Blood Brothers: Brian + Dexter + Miguel; Part Four. A View to a Kill: Politics, Ethics, and 'Dexter'; 9. The Ethics of a Serial Killer: Dexter's Moral Character and the Justification of Murder; 10. The Devil You Know: 'Dexter' and the ""Goodness"" of American Serial Killing; 11. Neoliberal 'Dexter'?; 12. 'Dexter's' German Reception: Why are German Networks so Obsessed (and Troubled) with US Shows?; Part Five. Dexterity: 'Dexter' and Genre; 13. The Lighter Side of Death: 'Dexter' as Comedy; 14. In a Lonely Place? 'Dexter' and Film Noir. - Based upon the successful Jeff Lindsay novel 'Darkly Dreaming Dexter', Showtime's and FX's 'Dexter' continues to raise the bar on television drama, as it chronicles the grisly exploits of a police blood spatter expert who moonlights as a serial killer (or vice versa). Unlike other serial killers, however, Dexter only kills the bad guys, a distinction that sets up one of the primary ethical conflicts of the show, for Dexter as well as for the viewer. _x000D__x000D_Including a complete episode guide to the first three seasons, and an exclusive interview with 'Darkly Dreaming Dexter' author Jeff
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| ISBN | 9781848852655
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