Description
Product ID: | 9781138118546 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies |
Title: | Forensic Science in Contemporary American Popular Culture |
Subtitle: | Gender, Crime, and Science |
Authors: | Author: Lindsay Steenberg |
Page Count: | 236 |
Subjects: | Regional / International studies, Regional studies, History, Popular culture, Media studies, Gender studies, gender groups, Crime and criminology, Humanities, Popular culture, Media studies, Gender studies, gender groups, Crime & criminology, The Americas |
Description: | This book identifies, traces, and interrogates contemporary American culture's seemingly endless fascination with forensic science. Steenberg looks specifically at the gendered nature of expert scientific knowledge, as embodied by the ubiquitous character of the female investigator. 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. One of the central concerns of this book is the gendered nature of expert scientific knowledge, as embodied by the ubiquitous character of the female investigator. Steenberg argues that our fascination with the forensic depends on our equal fascination with (and suspicion of) women''s bodies—with the bodies of the women investigating and with the bodies of the mostly female victims under investigation. |
Imprint Name: | Routledge |
Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2017-05-24 |