Breaking Bad

Autorentext

Christopher Sharrett is Professor Emeritus of Film Studies at Seton Hall University, author of The Rifleman (Wayne State University Press, 2005) and editor of Mythologies of Violence in Postmodern Media (Wayne State University Press, 1999).

Klappentext

Sharrett's argument for why the show is the canniest dramatic insight of our times is worth the price of admission for scholars and students of media studies and superfans alike.

Zusammenfassung
Examines the innovations of Breaking Bad through a study of its main character, using psychoanalysis, genre study, gender studies, American studies, and the graphic arts to assist an exploration of the supreme danger of modern, postindustrial toxic masculinity embodied in Walter White.