Description: Fans of the works of David Simon, as well as students and scholars of television studies and Critical Race Theory, will enjoy this enlightening book.
Brief description: Lisa Doris Alexander is a professor in the Department of African American Studies at Wayne State University. She is the author of Expanding the Black Film Canon: Race and Genre across Six Decades and When Baseball Isn't White, Straight and Male: The Media and Difference in the National Pastime.
Review Quotes:
Alexander's dexterous historical-critical analysis thrusts Homicide smack into our moment, masterfully weaving series history with scorching contemporary relevance. Recalling the glory of this 'racially progressive police procedural' as breakthrough allegory, Alexander deftly applies social theories without eclipsing the joy and pathos of this 1990s television milestone. This book excited me--as scholar and fan.
--Thomas A. Mascaro "media historian and documentary author"