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The West Wing : the American presidency as television drama / edited by Peter C. Rollins and John E. O'Connor.
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
1st ed.
Published/Created
Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2003.
Description
1 online resource (xiv, 295 pages)
Availability
Available Online
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Subject(s)
West Wing (Television program)
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Rollins, Peter C.
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O'Connor, John E.
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Series
Television series (Syracuse, N.Y.)
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The television series
Summary note
This work shows that while the series 'The West Wing' may be criticized as 'idealistic', its clever techniques of camera work, lighting, editing and mise en scene reflect America's best image of itself and entertain a loyal audience that wants to believe in the nobility of the American Dream.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-276) and index.
Reproduction note
Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
Source of description
Print version record.
Contents
The West Wing : White House narratives that journalism cannot tell / Donnalyn Pompper
The White House culture of gender and race in The West Wing : insights from the margins / Christina Lane
The West Wing (NBC) and the West Wing (D.C.) : myth and reality in television's portrayal of the White House / Myron A. Levine
The king's two bodies : identity and office in Sorkin's West Wing / Heather Richardson Hayton
Dialogue, deliberation, and discourse : the far-reaching politics of The West Wing / Samuel A. Chambers
The West Wing's textual president : American constitutional stability and the new public intellectual in the age of information / Patrick Finn
The left takes back the flag : the steadicam, the snippet, and the song in The West Wing's "In excelsis Deo" / Greg M. Smith
From The American president to The West Wing : a scriptwriter's perspective / Jason P. Vest
The sincere Sorkin White House, or, the importance of seeming earnest / Pamela Ezell
The West Wing as a pedagogical tool : using drama to examine American politics and media perceptions of our political system / Staci Beavers
Victorian parliamentary novels, The West Wing, and professionalism / Michelle Mouton
Inside The West Wing's new world / Sharon Waxman
The feel-good presidency : the pseudo-politics of The West Wing / Chris Lehmann
The liberal imagination / Jon Podhoretz
The transformed presidency : people and power in the real West Wing / Myron A. Levine.
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ISBN
9780815651833 ((electronic bk.))
081565183X ((electronic bk.))
OCLC
606959560
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