Research Catalog

Title

Dexter : investigating cutting edge television / edited by Douglas L. Howard.

Publication

London ; New York : I.B. Tauris ; New York : Distributed in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.

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Additional Authors

Howard, Douglas L., 1966-

Description

xxiv, 264 p. : ill.; 22 cm.

Summary

"Based upon the highly successful Jeff Lindsay novel Darkly Dreaming Dexter, Showtime and FX's Dexter continues to raise the bar on the television drama, as it chronicles the grisly exploits of a blood spatter expert who moonlights as a serial killer (or vice versa). Unlike other serial killers, however, Dexter, dutifully following the code of his foster father Harry, only kills other killers, a distinction that sets up one of the primary ethical conflicts of the show, for Dexter as well as for the viewer." "Bringing together an international group of critics and scholars, this book takes the first critical journey through the show's various issues, contexts, and complexities and considers on the way topics that include Dexter as vigilante hero, serial narrative, Dexter and psychoanalysis, film noir, the politics of Dexter, and the "art of sp(l)atter." The book also contains a complete episode guide to the first three seasons, a Dexter novel guide, and exclusive interviews with Darkly Dreaming Dexter author Jeff Lindsay and Dexter writer and producer James Manos, Jr."--Jacket.

Series Statement

Investigating cult TV

Subject

Dexter (Television program)

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Includes teleography and filmography.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction : Killing time with Showtime's Dexter / Douglas L. Howard -- An interview with author and Dexter creator Jeff Lindsay -- An interview with Dexter writer and developer James Manos, Jr -- Dissecting the opening sequence / Angelina I. Karpovich -- "Serial" killer : Dexter's narrative strategies / David Lavery -- Dexter's hollow designs / Steven Peacock -- Harry Morgan : (post)modern Prometheus / Douglas L. Howard -- Sex, psychoanalysis, and sublimination in Dexter / Beth Johnson -- Blood brothers : Brian + Dexter + Miguel / Fionna Boyle -- The ethics of a serial killer : Dexter's moral character and the justification of murder / Simon Riches and Craig French -- The devil you know : Dexter and the "goodness" of American serial killing / David Schmid -- Neoliberal Dexter? / Michele Byers -- Dexter's German reception : why are German networks so obsessed (and troubled) with US shows? / Vladislav Tinchev -- The lighter side of death : Dexter as comedy / James Francis, Jr -- In a lonely place? Dexter and film noir / Alison Peirse -- The art of sp(l)atter : body horror in Dexter / Simon Brown and Stacey Abbott -- From silver bullets to duct tape : Dexter versus the traditional vigilante hero / Stan Beeler.

ISBN

• 9781848852655 (pbk.)
• 1848852657 (pbk.)

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library