Interior Landscapes of Breaking Bad

Edited by Erin Bell; Cheryl D. Edelson; Will Gray and Matthew Paproth - Contributions by Erin Bell; Marco Bohr; Cheryl D. Edelson; Will Gray; Elizabeth Lowry; Tyler McCabe; Dana Och; Matthew Paproth; Russell A. Potter; Frances Smith; Fabio L. Vericat and

This edited volume explores the interiors of Breaking Bad-its homes and labs, elevators and liminal spaces, pools and ventilation ducts-not only as meaningful, conceptual backdrops to the action of the series but also as unexplored pathways into the characters' own interior, mental spaces.

Introduction: No Replacement for DisplacementCheryl D. EdelsonPart I: Outside InChapter 1:"We've Got Rot:" Water, Pollution, Purification, and Transformation in Breaking BadErin BellChapter 2:Breaking Free: Confinement and AMC's Breaking BadMatthew PaprothChapter 3:"I am the danger:" Walter White the GravediggerWill GrayChapter 4:Jesse's House is Not a Home: Space, Place, and the Myth of the Private Domicile in Breaking BadDana OchChapter 5:Capital Flow and the Representation of Space in Breaking BadMarco BohrPart II: Inside OutChapter 6:Cooking up Trouble: Gendered Spaces, Sublimated Violence, and PervertedDomesticity in Breaking BadElizabeth LowryChapter 7:An Elevator of One's Own: Performativity and Masculinity in Breaking BadFrances SmithChapter 8:The Myth of the Frontier in Breaking Bad: Breaking Out, Breaking In, and Breaking FreeLisa WeckerleChapter 9:The Sound of a Moral DramaTyler McCabeChapter 10:Reading Rooms: Spatial Literacy in Breaking BadFabio L. VericatCoda: Desert Interiors: The Natural Conceits of Breaking BadRussell A. Potter