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The Methods of Breaking Bad: Essays on Narrative, Character and Ethics

The Methods of Breaking Bad: Essays on Narrative, Character and Ethics

Paperback

Television

ISBN10: 0786495782
ISBN13: 9780786495788
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: Jan 2 2015
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.60 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

Vince Gilligan's Breaking Bad is a central work in the recent renaissance in television-making. The visionary scope and complexity of the series demand rigorous critical analysis. This collection of new essays focuses on a variety of themes. Walter White is discussed as father, psychopath and scientist and as an example of masculinity. The essayists examine the series in terms of gender, neo-liberal politics and health care reform, as well as the more traditional aesthetic categories of narrative construction, experimentation, allusion and genre. With television the dominant artistic medium of early 21st century America, Breaking Bad should be viewed as a superbly designed work reflecting widespread cultural concerns.

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