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Author Cavender, Gray, 1947-

Title Justice provocateur : Jane Tennison and policing in Prime suspect / Gray Cavender and Nancy C. Jurik.

Publication Info. Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2012]
©2012

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Description 1 online resource
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Analytic framework -- Prime suspect and women in policing -- Investigating and challenging -- Doing justice -- Private troubles and public issues -- Prime suspect and Jane Tennison: transformation or gender trap? -- Appendix: Prime suspect episode overview.
Summary 'Justice Provocateur' focuses on Prime Suspect, a popular British television film series starring Oscar and Emmy award-winning actress Helen Mirren as fictional London policewoman Jane Tennison. Gray Cavender and Nancy C. Jurik examine the media constructions of justice, gender, and police work in the show, exploring its progressive treatment of contemporary social problems in which women are central protagonists.
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Language English.
Subject Prime suspect (Television program)
Prime suspect (Television program)
Prime suspect (Television program)
Women on television.
Women on television.
Sex role on television.
Sex role on television.
Television cop shows -- Great Britain -- History and criticism.
Television cop shows.
Great Britain.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Added Author Jurik, Nancy C.
Other Form: Print version: Justice provocateur 9780252037191 (hard cover : acid-free paper) (DLC) 2011052788
ISBN 9780252094316 e-book
025209431X
9780252037191 hardcover : acid-free paper
9780252078705 paperback : acid-free paper
9781283992527
1283992523
0252037197
0252078705