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Breaking Bad : A Cultural History.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: The Cultural History of Television SeriesPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (237 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781442278271
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Breaking BadDDC classification:
  • 791.4572
LOC classification:
  • PN1992.77.B74.S733 2017
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I: Walter White: The Good, the Bad, or the In-Between? -- 1 Antihero or Villain -- 2 The Evolution of Heisenberg -- 3 Does Walt Want to Die? -- Part II: Breaking Bad and Culture -- 4 Morality, Legality, and Everything in Between -- 5 Just Say No? -- 6 Marketing Breaking Bad -- Part III: Being Bad in Walt's World -- 7 Bad Ass Mama -- 8 Breaking Down the Bad Guys -- 9 The Anti-Walts of Breaking Bad -- Conclusion -- The Episodes -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
Summary: Breaking Bad: A Cultural History gives the show its due reverence, but also suggests a new way of understanding and critiquing the series as a part of the larger culture in which it exists. This book examines the entire series and details the its cultural significance, particularly in response to its place in twenty-first century America.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I: Walter White: The Good, the Bad, or the In-Between? -- 1 Antihero or Villain -- 2 The Evolution of Heisenberg -- 3 Does Walt Want to Die? -- Part II: Breaking Bad and Culture -- 4 Morality, Legality, and Everything in Between -- 5 Just Say No? -- 6 Marketing Breaking Bad -- Part III: Being Bad in Walt's World -- 7 Bad Ass Mama -- 8 Breaking Down the Bad Guys -- 9 The Anti-Walts of Breaking Bad -- Conclusion -- The Episodes -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.

Breaking Bad: A Cultural History gives the show its due reverence, but also suggests a new way of understanding and critiquing the series as a part of the larger culture in which it exists. This book examines the entire series and details the its cultural significance, particularly in response to its place in twenty-first century America.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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