Following the money : the Wire and distant American studies

In this essay, I argue that the pedagogical, or, more generally, heuristic potential of HBO’s crime drama The Wire (2002/2008) is related to the specific institutional developments in post- network television, the show’s didactic intention, and its focus on the delineation of the economic process, o...

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Matična publikacija: [sic] - časopis za književnost, kulturu i književno prevođenje
4, 2(06/2014)
Glavni autor: Cvek, Sven (-)
Vrsta građe: Članak
Jezik: eng
Online pristup: http://sic-journal.org/ArticleView.aspx?aid=258
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