| Windows into The West Wing: Theoretical Approaches to an Ideal Presidency Contributor(s): Webster, Patrick (Author) |
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ISBN: 1476680353 ISBN-13: 9781476680354 Publisher: McFarland & Company OUR PRICE: $44.55 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Television - History & Criticism |
| Dewey: 791.457 |
| LCCN: 2020009209 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.9" W x 8.8" (0.8 lbs) 284 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The West Wing, first broadcast in 1999, is thought by many to have been one of the most significant dramas shown on network television. Despite its overly idealized depiction of American political life, and blatant contradictions in the way we consider America, its values, its aspirations, and its behavior in the world, The West Wing nonetheless succeeds in attaining popular national and international aesthetic appeal. This book aspires to explain the appeal of the show by considering issues such as race, religion, sexuality, disability, and education--from both a practical and theoretical perspective--through the lenses of feminism, gender theory, Marxism, psychoanalytical theories, structuralism, poststructuralism, postcolonialism and more. It seeks to offer informative and revealing readings of one of the most significant television productions of recent times. |