The prime-time presidency : the West Wing and U.S. nationalism /

The prime-time presidency : the West Wing and U.S. nationalism /

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Author / Creator:	Parry-Giles, Trevor, 1963-
Imprint:	Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2006.
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Subject:	West Wing (Television program) West Wing (Television program) Television programs. Television programs.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11165482

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Other authors / contributors:	Parry-Giles, Shawn J., 1960-
ISBN:	9780252092091 0252092090 9780252030659 0252030656 9780252073120 0252073126 128360907X 9781283609074 9786613921529 6613921521
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p . [203]-221) and index. Restrictions unspecified Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. 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 English. digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve Description based on print version record.
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
Other form:	Print version: The prime-time presidency 9780252030659 (cloth : alk. paper)
Standard no.:	9780252092091

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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.<br>
Physical Description:	1 online resource
Format:	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.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (p . [203]-221) and index.
ISBN:	9780252092091 0252092090 9780252030659 0252030656 9780252073120 0252073126 128360907X 9781283609074 9786613921529 6613921521