{"product_id":"miami-vice-9781405178105","title":"Miami Vice","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMiami Vice  captures the glitter and glamour embodied by Crockett and Tubbs by offering an anatomy of a ground-breaking work in the police procedural genre. The volume explores Vice's combination of disparate influences (MTV, film noir, soap opera, action films) as well as the social and cultural moments when it burst onto the network.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"All in all, the careful, detailed analysis of the various contexts of network television turns this study into a useful handbook especially for film students who can use it as blueprint for analysing other series.\" (European Journal of American Studies, 2011)  \u003cp\u003e\"[Lyons] displays, in addition to still other virtues, an attentiveness to visual texture and theme as refined as that in the best film criticism. This book offers the richest account of a single television program I've ever read, describing a defining show of the Reagan years...Lyons's treatment of the series' conflicted ideology is equally illuminating.\" (Cinema Journal, 1 June 2011)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments. Introduction.  \u003cp\u003e1. I Want My MTV Cops: \u003ci\u003eMiami Vice\u003c\/i\u003e as Television Commodity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Guns, Glitter, and Glamour: Styling the Show.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Losing the Plot?: Storytelling in \u003ci\u003eMiami Vice.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Risky Business: the Cultural Politics of \u003ci\u003eVice.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfterword.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBroadcast Date Notes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51585824555351,"sku":"9781405178105","price":18.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405178105.jpg?v=1756489380","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/miami-vice-9781405178105","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}