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Author:   Patrick Webster
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.381kg
ISBN:  

9781476680354

ISBN 10:   1476680353
Pages:   284
Publication Date:   05 May 2020
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Introduction  1. Dramatis Personae: The Cast and Casting  2. A Mosaic of Quotations: Intertextuality in The West Wing  3. Historical Fictions: A Parallel Universe  4. Death of the Author: Aaron Sorkin as Auteur?  5. On a Wing and a Prayer: Bartlet Deconstructs the Old Testament  6. Cinematic Television: The ­Mise-en-Scène of The West Wing  7. The Signifier and the Signified: Structuralist Readings  8. This “pitiful exercise”: Temporal Rupture in the “Isaac and Ishmael” Episode  9. Bourgeois Wing: Marxist Readings 10. “The greatest country in the world”: Misconstrued Politics 11. “It’s turtles all the way down”: The West Wing and Religion 12. Playing in the Dark: Racist Discourses 13. Potus Interruptus: Gender and Queer Theory 14. Hollywood MS: The Portrayal of Disabilities 15. The Politics of Maryland: The Wire and The West Wing 16. Nostalgia for the Present: Postmodern Readings 17. Cellmates in The Hague: Bartlet Flouts International Law 18. The Crackpots and These Women: Misogynist Discourses 19. Cultural Differences: Postcolonial Readings 20. “Education is the silver bullet”: Pedagogy in The West Wing 21. A Valentine to Washington: Narrative Authenticity 22. “Your father was a prick”: Psychoanalytical Readings 23. Unearned Emotion and the “Plaintive Oboe:” W.G. Snuffy Walden’s Music to The West Wing 24. Society Must Be Defended: Poststructuralist Readings Conclusion Appendix A. Seasons 1–7: A Synopsis Appendix B. Episodes 1–155: Broadcast Credits Appendix C. Directors and Writers Chapter Notes Bibliography Index

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Patrick Webster is a musician, writer and university lecturer. A graduate and postgraduate of the University of Leeds, he has written on subjects including Stanley Kubrick and masculinity, ecology and dyslexia. He lives in Leeds, in the North of England.

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