Global Trafficking Networks on Film and Television : Hollywood's Cartel Wars /
This book draws on a multi-method study of film and television narratives of global criminal networks to explore the links between audiovisual media, criminal networks and global audiences in the age of digital content distribution. Mapping out media representations of the ongoing war on drugs in Me...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge,
2021.
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| Edition: | 1st. |
| Series: | Routledge Advances in Television Studies
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Add Tag | Summary: | This book draws on a multi-method study of film and television narratives of global criminal networks to explore the links between audiovisual media, criminal networks and global audiences in the age of digital content distribution. Mapping out media representations of the ongoing war on drugs in Mexico and the United States, the author delves into the social, cultural and geopolitical impacts of distribution and consumption of these media. With a particular emphasis on the globalized Mexican cartels, this book investigates three areas - gender and racial representation in film and television, the digital distribution of content through the internet and streaming services such as Hulu and Netflix, and depictions of extreme violence in film, television and online spaces - to identify whether there are fundamental similarities and differences in how Hollywood productions reproduce stereotypes about race, gender and extreme violence. Some of the movies and television series analysed are Breaking Bad, Ozark, Weeds, Rambo: Last Blood, No Country for Old Men, Sicario and the Netflix series Narcos, Narcos: Mexico and El Chapo. Taking a unique interdisciplinary approach to the study of cartels in the media, this book will be of interest to students and scholars of media studies, film, television, security studies, Latin American and cultural studies. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (176 pages) : illustrations. |
| ISBN: | 9781000352511 100035251X 9781003024217 1003024211 9781000352504 1000352501 9781000352498 1000352498 |
Global Trafficking Networks on Film and Television : Hollywood's Cartel Wars /