{"product_id":"only-the-names-have-been-changed-dragnet-the-police-procedural-and-postwar-culture-hardback-9781477325384","title":"Only the Names Have Been Changed; Dragnet, the Police Procedural, and Postwar Culture (Hardback) 9781477325384","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eOnly the Names Have Been Changed\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eDragnet, the Police Procedural, and Postwar Culture\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eClaudia Calhoun (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781477325384, University of Texas Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 31 October 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e216 pages, 23 b\u0026amp;w photos\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.399 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2022 Peter C. Rollins Book Award, Northeast Texas Popular Culture and American Culture Associations (NEPCA)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In the postwar era, the police procedural series \u003ci\u003eDragnet\u003c\/i\u003e informed Americans on the workings of the criminal justice system and instructed them in their responsibilities as citizens.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Among shifting politics, tastes, and technology in television history, one genre has been remarkably persistent: the cop show. Claudia Calhoun returns to \u003ci\u003eDragnet,\u003c\/i\u003e the pioneering police procedural and an early transmedia franchise, appearing on radio in 1949, on TV and in film in the 1950s, and in later revivals. More than a popular entertainment, \u003ci\u003eDragnet\u003c\/i\u003e was a signifier of America’s postwar confidence in government institutions-and a publicity vehicle for the Los Angeles Police Department. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOnly the Names Have Been Changed\u003c\/i\u003e shows how \u003ci\u003eDragnet\u003c\/i\u003e’s “realistic” storytelling resonated across postwar culture. Calhoun traces \u003ci\u003eDragnet\u003c\/i\u003e’s “semi-documentary” predecessors, and shows how Jack Webb, \u003ci\u003eDragnet\u003c\/i\u003e’s creator, worked directly with the LAPD as he produced a series that would likewise inspire public trust by presenting day-to-day procedural justice, rather than shootouts and wild capers. Yet this realism also set aside the seething racial tensions of Los Angeles as it was. \u003ci\u003eDragnet\u003c\/i\u003e emerges as a foundational text, one that taught audiences to see police as everyday heroes not only on TV but also in daily life, a lesson that has come under scrutiny as Americans increasingly seek to redefine the relationship between policing and public safety. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction: \u003ci\u003eDragnet\u003c\/i\u003e and the Police Procedural\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 1. “\u003cbr\u003eOur Neo-realism”\u003cbr\u003e: The Hollywood Semi-documentary Cycle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 2. Silence, Not Sirens: \u003ci\u003eDragnet\u003c\/i\u003e’\u003cbr\u003es Aural Realism\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 3. Saturation and Citizenship: \u003ci\u003eDragnet\u003c\/i\u003e on Television and in Culture\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 4. Professionalization and Public Relations: \u003ci\u003eDragnet\u003c\/i\u003e and the LAPD\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEpilogue: “\u003cbr\u003eOne of Us”\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52590968504600,"sku":"9781477325384","price":33.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/only-the-names-have-been-changed-dragnet-the-police-procedural-and-postwar-culture-hardback-9781477325384","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}