The CSI Effect

Edited by Michele Byers and Val Marie Johnson - Contributions by Gail Anderson; Kevin Bonnycastle; Michele Byers; Linda Derksen; Nichola Dobson; Basil Glynn; Liz Harvey; Kurt Hohenstein; Jeongmee Kim; Lawrence Kramer; Mythili Rajiva; William Turkel; Shera

CSI has been heralded in many spheres of public discourse as a televisual revolution, its effects on the public unprecedented. The CSI Effect: Television, Crime, and Governance demonstrates that CSI's appeal cannot be disentangled from either its production as a televisual text or the broader discourses and practices that circulate within our social landscape. This interdisciplinary collection bridges the gap between the study of media, particularly popular culture media, and the study of crime. The contributors consider the points of intersection between these very different realms of scholarship and in so doing foster the development of a new set of theoretical languages in which the mediated spectacle of crime and criminalization can be carefully considered. This timely and groundbreaking volume is bound to intrigue both scholars and CSI enthusiasts alike.

Part 1 CSI as Neoliberalism: An Introduction Part 2 TheCSI Effect: Producing Justice, Science, and Television Drama Chapter 3 Chapter 1: TheCSI Effect: "Science" Fiction? Chapter 4 Chapter 2: The Science and Careers ofCSI Chapter 5 Chapter 3: CSI andLaw and Order: Dueling Representations of Science and the Law in the Criminal Justice System Chapter 6 Chapter 4: Generic Difference and Hybridisation in CSI Part 7 Bodies of Evidence Chapter 8 Chapter 5: The Body as Abject and Object in CSI Chapter 9 Chapter 6: The City of Our Times: Space, Identity and the Body in CSI: Miami Chapter 10 Chapter 7: Crime Scene Investigation as Applied Environmental History Part 11 Late Modern Subjects Chapter 12 Chapter 8: Not the Usual Suspects: The Obfuscation of Political Economy and Race in CSI Chapter 13 Chapter 9: Troping Mr. Johnson: Reading Phallic Mastery and Anxiety on Season One of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Chapter 14 Chapter 10: Forensic Music: Channeling the Dead on Post-9/11 TV