Overview

This collection of new essays examines how the injection of supernatural creatures and mythologies transformed the hugely popular crime procedural television genre. These shows complicate the predictable and comforting patterns of the procedural with the inherently unknowable nature of the supernatural. From Sherlock to Supernatural, essays cover a range of topics including the gothic, the post-structural nature of The X-Files, the uncanny lure of Twin Peaks, trickster detectives, forensic fairy tales, the allure of the vampire detective, and even the devil himself.

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Author:   Ashley Szanter
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.277kg
ISBN:  

9781476670539

ISBN 10:   1476670536
Pages:   202
Publication Date:   11 January 2021
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Introduction: Following the Eerie, Formulaic Steps of the Supernatural Crime Procedural Ashley Szanter Deceive, Inveigle, Obfuscate: ­Post-Structuralism and the Staggered Retirement of Fox Mulder Adam James Smith The Owls Are Not What They Seem: Uncanny Doubles in Twin Peaks Mark Yates Sherlock Holmes: The Intersection of Magic and Science in Crime Detection Michelle D. Miranda Playing Detective: Gothic Perspectives and Police Procedurals in the CW’s Supernatural Mary Going Evil Is a Metaphysical Condition: Undead Melodrama, AIDS and the Crime Procedural Teresa ­Cutler-Broyles The ­Hard-Boiled Detective Gone Soft: Moonlight, Vampire Noir and the Detective in Search of Himself Simon Bacon True Resonance: The Intersection of the Noosphere, Spirituality and the Supernatural in True Detective—Season Phil Fitzsimmons Pushing Daisies, Forensic Fairy Tales and Supernatural Crime Procedurals Scott Rogers “Magic’s a nasty game”: John Constantine as the Trickster Detective Shawn Edrei Runnin’ with the Devil: The Procedurals from Hell Cynthia J. Miller and A. Bowdoin Van Riper Amateur Hour: Professional Competency in Supernatural Crime Procedurals Lynn Kozak About the Contributors Index

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This pioneering collection sheds new light on what happens when television's familiar crime procedural lures us down a dark alley resistant to ordered understanding. Wielding an impressive array of critical approaches, Policing the Monstrous traces the shifting paradox of logical crime solving and elements of myth, magic, and the supernatural often embedded in the crime. As screens continue to showcase the Stranger Things happening across Lovecraft Country, this useful volume investigates a hybrid television genre that subverts convention to pose profound questions of moral ballast and human failing. --Christine A. Jackson, professor emeritus, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, author of The Tell-Tale Art: Poe in Modern Popular Culture

"""This pioneering collection sheds new light on what happens when television's familiar crime procedural lures us down a dark alley resistant to ordered understanding. Wielding an impressive array of critical approaches, Policing the Monstrous traces the shifting paradox of logical crime solving and elements of myth, magic, and the supernatural often embedded in the crime. As screens continue to showcase the ""Stranger Things"" happening across ""Lovecraft Country,"" this useful volume investigates a hybrid television genre that subverts convention to pose profound questions of moral ballast and human failing.""--Christine A. Jackson, professor emeritus, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, author of The Tell-Tale Art: Poe in Modern Popular Culture"

Author Information

Ashley Szanter is an adjunct instructor of English at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah. Her research focuses on monsters, monstrosity, popular culture, and media studies.

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