Feminism and Identity Politics in Law and Order: Special Victims Unit

Cover
Half-title
Endorsement
Series information
Title page
Copyright information
Table of contents
Acknowledgments
List of figures
Series Editors’ Foreword
Introduction: All- American Crime Drama
1 A Very American Story
Rising from a Stupor
Rewriting a Masculine Genre
The Male Foil
Thematizing Multiculturalism
City as Actor
Prime Time Assaults
Feminism and Rape
Birth of the Prison State
Neoliberal Feminism
The Formula
2 Family Matters: Criminal Mothers and Fathers
Misogynist Feminism
Reversal of Terms
The Monstrous Maternal
The Absent Abusive Father
Exoneration of Fathers
Criminal False Fathers
Genetic Links
Both Parents as Abusers
Conclusion
3 The Violence of Race
Melodrama in White?
Silent Witness
Three Strikes …
Race Thinking
A Star Turn
Re-writing Racism
Civil Dis-ease
Expanding the Rainbow
Labile Whiteness
Angry White Men
4 A Foreign Affair: The Global Turn to Gaze at the Self
Orientalist Cosmopolitanism
The Narco-monstrous
The Lure of Sex
Save the (Brown) Children
Re-visioning the Harem
War Crimes
Trauma on the Homefront
Updating the Protection Scenario
5 Images of Truth: The Science of Detection
Scientific Optic
Criminal Intent
Biology Recapitulates Truth
The Violent Unconscious
Gender Outlaws
Coming Out as Trans
Policing Perversions
Sexual Citizenship
Precarious Lives
Lipstick Lesbian
Biological Immutability
6 Paratexts and the Afterlife of SVU
Cyberfans and Fandom
Fan Cultures
Crime Drama and Lesbian Fans
Slash Fiction and SVU
What SVU is Missing
Who Cares About Canon? SVU Femslash
The Demise of the Fandom
Contemporary Online Fandom
Activism
Lisa Jackson’s Sex Crimes Unit
Conclusion: The Story Continues
Notes
Introduction: All- American Crime Drama
1 A Very American Story
2 Family Matters: Criminal Mothers and Fathers
3 The Violence of Race
4 A Foreign Affair: The Global Turn to Gaze at the Self
5 Images of Truth: The Science of Detection
6 Paratexts and the Afterlife of SVU
Conclusion: The Story Continues
Bibliography
Index