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Author Steenberg, Lindsay, 1976-

Title Forensic science in contemporary American popular culture : gender, crime, and science / Lindsay Steenberg
Published Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 221 pages) : illustrations
Series Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies
Routledge research in cultural and media studies ; 45.
Contents Cover; Forensic Science in Contemporary American Popular Culture: Gender, Crime, and Science; Copyright; Contents; Figures and Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Forensic Turn in American Culture; Part I The Forensic Sub-Genre; 1 Retrofit Forensics: Excavating the Mythic Origins of Forensic Science; 2 The Forensic Women's Gothic: Postfeminism and Expertise; 3 Forensic Archaeologies on Crime Television: Science and Gender as Seen on TV; Part II Forensics Beyond the Crime Genre; 4 The CSI Effect; 5 Forensics at the Museum; 6 Forensic Science and Lifestyle; Conclusion: The Evidence Lies
Summary This book identifies, traces, and interrogates contemporary American culture's fascination with forensic science. It looks to the many different sites, genres, and media where the forensic has become a cultural commonplace. It turns firstly to the most visible spaces where forensic science has captured the collective imagination: crime films and television programs. In contemporary screen culture, crime is increasingly framed as an area of scientific inquiry and, even more frequently, as an area of concern for female experts
Notes NotesFilmography; References; Index
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Subject Crime in popular culture -- United States
Women forensic scientists.
Forensic sciences on television.
Forensic sciences in literature.
Forensic sciences in motion pictures
LAW -- Forensic Science.
Forensic sciences in literature
Crime in popular culture
Forensic sciences on television
Women forensic scientists
United States
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781136177378
113617737X