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David Simon’s America is an urban one. From a thematization of deindustrialization in the second season of The Wire, to a portrayal of segregated housing in Show Me a Hero, to the challenges facing New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina in Treme and finally the examination of prostitution, pornography, and urban trials of 1970s inner-city New York in The Deuce, Simon’s work has almost consistently focused on the challenges of the American metropolis, focusing on the city both as a tangible reality and a as metaphor for the interconnected socio-political reality that these series grapple with. These series examine the state of the contemporary American city and the problems it faces.
In the intersection between popular media and American culture and politics, this dissertation aims to examine how Simon’s serials engage in discussions about the constitution and future of the American city. In Simon’s own words “The Wire is dissent” and his series consistently speak to realities that are otherwise often ignored in much popular culture in the US. How often does one see a series taking a key interest in public housing and the historical roots of de facto segregated cities like Show Me a Hero? This dissertation aims at reading Simon’s series as a collected whole and examines how these series together form distinct interventions in public discourses in the US.
In the intersection between popular media and American culture and politics, this dissertation aims to examine how Simon’s serials engage in discussions about the constitution and future of the American city. In Simon’s own words “The Wire is dissent” and his series consistently speak to realities that are otherwise often ignored in much popular culture in the US. How often does one see a series taking a key interest in public housing and the historical roots of de facto segregated cities like Show Me a Hero? This dissertation aims at reading Simon’s series as a collected whole and examines how these series together form distinct interventions in public discourses in the US.
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Effektiv start/slut dato | 01/12/2015 → 15/02/2019 |
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- David Simon, The Wire, amerikansk kultur, tv-serier, medier, kulturforskning
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Heidelberg Center for American Studies Spring Academy
Mikkel Jensen (Deltager)
19 mar. 2018 → 23 mar. 2018Aktivitet: Deltagelse i faglig begivenhed › Organisering af eller deltagelse i konference
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The Humanism of The Corner (2000)
Mikkel Jensen (Foredragsholder)
23 aug. 2017 → 25 aug. 2017Aktivitet: Foredrag og mundtlige bidrag › Konferenceoplæg
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Negotiating the Past
Mikkel Jensen (Deltager)
30 maj 2017Aktivitet: Deltagelse i faglig begivenhed › Organisering af eller deltagelse i workshop, kursus, seminar, udstilling eller lignende
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The Wire and the Disenchantment of the Outsider
Jensen, M. B. B., apr. 2019, I: American Studies in Scandinavia. 51, 1, s. 61-83 23 s.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › peer review
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Intertextual Dialogue and Humanization in David Simon’s The Corner
Jensen, M. B. B., jul. 2018, I: European Journal of American Studies. 13, 2, 21 s.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › peer review
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Jensen, M. B. B., 2018, Medie- og kommunikationsleksikon. Agger, G., Jauert, P., Sandvik, K. & Schrøder, K. (red.). SamfundslitteraturPublikation: Bidrag til bog/antologi/rapport/konference proceeding › Encyclopædiartikel › Forskning