{"product_id":"the-best-murders-are-british-9781476679396","title":"The Best Murders Are British","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e   A staple of television since the early years of the BBC, British crime drama first crossed the Atlantic on public broadcasting stations and specialty cable channels, and later through streaming services. Often engaging with domestic anxieties about the government''s power (or lack thereof), and with larger issues of social justice like gender equality, racism, and homophobia, it has constantly evolved to reflect social and cultural changes while adapting U.S. and Nordic noir influences in a way that retains its characteristically British elements. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   This collection examines the continuing appeal of British crime drama from \u003ci\u003eThe Sweeney\u003c\/i\u003e through \u003ci\u003eSherlock, Marcella\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHappy Valley\u003c\/i\u003e. Individual essays focus on male melodrama, nostalgia, definitions of community, gender and LGBTQ representation, and neoliberalism. The persistence of the English murder, as each chapter of this collection reveals, points to the complexity of British crime drama''s engagement\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction: The Persistence of the English Murder —Jim Daems  1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"Queen's Pawn\": Changing Male Melodrama, Class Discord and Gender Divides in The Sweeney —Sue Matheson  9\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"Trust the Gene Genie\": Nostalgia and Ideology in Life on Mars —George S. Larke-Walsh  23\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe \"Bloody 'ell\" of Broadchurch: Heterotopia in British Television Crime Series —Debnita Charravarti  37\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Tale of Two Sidneys: The Aesthetics of Jazz and the Church of England in Grantchester —Phillip E. Mitchell 50\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"Not so much Happy Valley as brutal, violent, drug- ridden, death valley\": Exploring the Big Society in Sally Wainwright'sCrime Drama —Gill Jamieson  61\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStumbling Around: The Art of Detection in the British Crime Series Endeavour —Michelle D. Miranda  81\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWomen in British Crime Procedurals —Katrina L. Hinson and Ruth M.E. Oldman  97\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpeaking in Code: Feminist Narratives in The Bletchley Circle —Meghan Purvis  111\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNo Lipstick Required: Vera and the Potential for an Examination of Post-Feminist Representation in British TV Crime Drama —James Shelton  126\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom \"freak\" to \"Good Man\": Homo social Triangulation in BBC's Sherlock —Rachel Van Hofwegen Willis  140\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"Crossing the Moor in Those Dark Hours\": Modernizing the Gothic in the BBC Sherlock Adaptation of The Hound of the Baskervilles —L.N. Rosales  155\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Out of the Flames: Queer Revenge Plots in Lewis and Waking the Dead —Jim Daems  170\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNeo-Liberal Violence: Marcella and Britain's Monstrous Work Culture —Robert A, Saunders  182\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Contributors 199\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex 201\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040466600279,"sku":"9781476679396","price":27.54,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781476679396.jpg?v=1750946843","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-best-murders-are-british-9781476679396","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}