The West Wing: The American Presidency as Television Drama (Television and Popular Culture) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 081563031X ISBN 13: 9780815630319

Publisher: Syracuse University Press, 2003

Synopsis

Informed by historical scholarship and media analysis, this book takes a critical look at the award-winning show from a wide range of perspectives. Media scholars Peter C. Rollins and John E. O’Connor make an important contribution to the field with an eclectic mix of essays, which translate the visual language of the onscreen politics of the series.

About this title

About the Author

Peter C. Rollins is regents professor of English and American film studies at Oklahoma State University and editor-in-chief of Film & History: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Film and Television Studies. He is coeditor of Television Histories, and editor of The Columbia Companion to American History on Film.

John E. O’Connor, professor of history at New Jersey Institute of Technology, is the coeditor of numerous books, including Hollywood in World War I and Hollywood’s Indian. He is the cofounder, with Martin A. Jackson, of the Historians Film Committee.

Review

"From The American President to The West Wing, A Scriptwriter's Perspective"

"The Sincere Sorkin White House; or. It's All in the Timing; or, The Importance of Earnest Timing?"

"The Feel Good Presidency: The Pseudo Politics of The West Wing"

"The West Wing: White House Narratives That Journalism Cannot Tell, "

"The White House Culture of Gender and Race in The West Wing: Insights from the Margins, "

"The King's Two Bodies: Identity and Office in Sorkin's The West Wing, "

"The West Wing's Textual President: American Constitutional Stability and the New Public Intellectual in the Age of Information, "

"The Left Takes Back the Flag: The Steadicam, the Snippet, and the Song in The West Wing's 'In Excelsis Deo', "

"From The American President to The West Wing: A Scriptwriter's Perspective, "

"The Sincere Sorkin White House; or, It's All in the Timing; or, The Importance of Earnest Timing?, "

About this edition

• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 081563031X
• ISBN 13: 9780815630319
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 312
• Editor: Rollins Peter C., O'Connor John E.