Předmět HBO's The Wire and the American City (AJ27074)

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Cíl

The aim of the course is to investigate the HBO series The Wire (2002-2008) in terms of its approach to the 20th century American city. Together we will discuss a variety of issues; ranging from analysis of the narrative complexity in its representation of the American urban experience, through discussion of the social issues it raises, i.e. urban crime and drug abuse; corruption and bureaucratization on the various levels of the American social fabric, such as education, the political system, the media, and organized labor; to its overall dramatization of the sense of crisis deriving from the above. An analysis of these issues will be supplemented by readings taken from relevant sources in media studies, urban sociology and the socio-economic impact of globalization. The participants will have gained a thorough understanding of the ways in which challenging TV series of this kind seek to connect the apparently disparate worlds of crime, law enforcement, the legal system; education, media and the various levels of political administration.

Osnova

Lesson 1: IntroductionLesson 2: Season 1; urban crime and law enforcementLesson 3: Season 2; trade unions, the working class; the impact of globalizationLesson 4: Season 3; urban politics; drug legalizationLesson 5: Season 4; American public schoolsLesson 6: Season 5; the print media

Literatura

doporučená literaturaTapping into The Wire :the real urban crisis. ISBN 9781421407500. infoThe wire :true be told. ISBN 9781847675996. infoThe wire :urban decay and American television. ISBN 9780826423450. infoThe wire. Edited by Sherryl Vint. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2013. vii, 124 p. ISBN 9780814335932. info

Garant

Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.

Vyučující

Stephen Paul Hardy, Ph.D.doc. PhDr. Tomáš Pospíšil, Ph.D.