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Cavender, Gray, 1947-

Justice provocateur : Jane Tennison and policing in Prime suspect / Gray Cavender and Nancy C. Jurik. - Urbana : University of Illinois Press, (c)2012. - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographies and index.

Analytic framework -- Prime suspect and women in policing -- Investigating and challenging -- Doing justice -- Private troubles and public issues -- Prime suspect and Jane Tennison: transformation or gender trap? -- Appendix: Prime suspect episode overview.

'Justice Provocateur' focuses on Prime Suspect, a popular British television film series starring Oscar and Emmy award-winning actress Helen Mirren as fictional London policewoman Jane Tennison. Gray Cavender and Nancy C. Jurik examine the media constructions of justice, gender, and police work in the show, exploring its progressive treatment of contemporary social problems in which women are central protagonists.



ISBN: 9780252094316 9781283992527

LCCN: 2019718698

Subjects--Uniform Titles:
Prime suspect (Television program)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Women on television.
Sex role on television.
Television cop shows--History and criticism.--Great Britain

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic Books.

LC Class. No.: PN1992 / .J878 2012