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.
| ISBN: | 9781138118546 |
| Publication date: | 24th May 2017 |
| Author: | Lindsay Steenberg |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 236 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies |
| Genres: |
Popular culture Media studies Gender studies, gender groups Crime and criminology Films, cinema Television Regional / International studies |
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.
Forensic Science in Contemporary American Popular Culture features in the following genres: Popular culture, Media studies, Gender studies, gender groups, Crime and criminology, Films, cinema, Television, Regional / International studies
Forensic Science in Contemporary American Popular Culture is available in Paperback, Ebook, Hardback
Forensic Science in Contemporary American Popular Culture was written by Lindsay Steenberg and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis
Forensic Science in Contemporary American Popular Culture has 236 pages
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