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This book explores the changing portrayal of leading female characters in 21st-century security TV shows set behind the scenes of democratic regimes facing multifaceted threats, from jihadist terrorism to health risks. Offering an in-depth examination of several case studies, the authors speak to a larger debate on the differences of women’s representations in security TV series within and between geographical and cultural areas. Beginning with a definition of this popular genre of TV series and highlighting its specificities, the book brings together researchers from media studies, humanities, philosophy, and gender studies to interrogate new forms of visibility of female figures in popular culture. This book will appeal to scholars, postgraduate students, and research students working in film studies, media studies, popular culture studies, gender studies, philosophy, and sociology.

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Alexandre Diallo is a researcher and lecturer whose work focuses on race and gender representation in popular culture, toxic masculinities, and the reception of TV series and films. He has published on these themes about visual media and online audience responses. He has held academic positions at Erasmus University Rotterdam, Sciences Po Paris, Université Paris of 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, and Paris Sciences et Lettres. Sandra Laugier is a French philosopher who works on ordinary language philosophy, moral philosophy, democracy, and popular culture. She is the translator of Stanley Cavell's work in French. Among recent books are TV-Philosophy: How TV Series Change Our Thinking, (2023), TV-Philosophy: The Ethics and Politics of TV (2023), and Wittgenstein: The Senses of Use (2025). She is a professor of philosophy at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France.

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