Forensic science in contemporary American popular culture : gender, crime, and science / by Lindsay Steenberg.
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TextSeries: Routledge research in cultural and media studiesPublication details: London : Routledge, 2012Description: 1 online resourceISBN: 9780203082126 (ebook)Subject(s): Crime in popular culture -- United States | Women forensic scientists | Forensic sciences on television | Forensic sciences in literature | Forensic sciences in motion pictures | Crime | Popular culture | Media studies | Gender studies, gender groups | Crime & criminologyGenre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version :: No titleOnline access: Click here to access online Summary: This work identifies, traces and interrogates contemporary American culture's seemingly endless fascination with forensic science. It looks to the many different sites, genres and media where the forensic has become a cultural commonplace. 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.
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This work identifies, traces and interrogates contemporary American culture's seemingly endless fascination with forensic science. It looks to the many different sites, genres and media where the forensic has become a cultural commonplace. 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.
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