Investigating Veronica Mars

Essays on the Teen Detective Series

Rhonda V Wilcox editor Sue Turnbull editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:McFarland & Co Inc

Published:22nd Feb '11

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During the course of its three seasons, Veronica Mars captured the attention of fans and academics alike. The 12 scholarly essays in this collection examine the show's most compelling elements. Topics covered include vintage television, the search for the mother, fatherhood, the show's connection to classical Greek paradigms, the anti-hero's journey, rape narrative and meaning, and television fandom. Collectively, these essays reveal how a teen television show--equal parts noir, romance, social realism and father-daughter drama--became a worthy subject for scholarly study.

“A fine group of essays... This is a model for what TV studies should be like, both in its focus on the subject and for the case it makes for the excellence of this particular series. ... valuable”—Pop Matters

ISBN: 9780786445349

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 11mm

Weight: 299g

210 pages