Windows into The West Wing: Theoretical Approaches to an Ideal Presidency 9781476680354, 1476680353

Table of contents :
Cover
Table of Contents
Introduction
1. Dramatis Personae: The Cast and Casting
2. A Mosaic of Quotations: Intertextuality in The West Wing
3. Historical Fictions: A Parallel Universe
4. Death of the Author: Aaron Sorkin as Auteur?
5. On a Wing and a Prayer: Bartlet Deconstructs the Old Testament
6. Cinematic Television: The ­Mise-en-Scène of The West Wing
7. The Signifier and the Signified: Structuralist Readings
8. This Pitiful Exercise: Temporal Rupture in the “Isaac and Ishmael” Episode
9. Bourgeois Wing: Marxist Readings
10. The Greatest Country in the World: Misconstrued Politics
11. It’s Turtles All the Way Down: The West Wing and Religion
12. Playing in the Dark: Racist Discourses
13. Potus Interruptus: Gender and Queer Theory
14. Hollywood MS: The Portrayal of Disabilities
15. The Politics of Maryland: The Wire and The West Wing
16. Nostalgia for the Present: Postmodern Readings
17. Cellmates in The Hague: Bartlet Flouts International Law
18. The Crackpots and These Women: Misogynist Discourses
19. Cultural Differences: Postcolonial Readings
20. Education Is the Silver Bullet: Pedagogy in The West Wing
21. A Valentine to Washington: Narrative Authenticity
22. Your Father Was a Prick: Psychoanalytical Readings
23. Unearned Emotion and the Plaintive Oboe: W.G. Snuffy Walden’s Music to The West Wing
24. Society Must Be Defended: Poststructuralist Readings
Conclusion
Appendix. Seasons 1–7—A Synopsis
Appendix B. Episodes 1–155: Broadcast Credits
Appendix C. Directors and Writers
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index

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