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Dexter
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Investigating Cult TV

Dexter (2010) (edit title/settings)

Investigating Cutting Edge Television

by Douglas L. Howard (Editor) (edit contributors)

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Based upon the successful Jeff Lindsay novel Darkly Dreaming Dexter , Showtime’s Dexter continues to raise the bar on television drama, as it chronicles the grisly exploits of a police blood spatter expert who moonlights as a serial killer. But unlike other serial killers, Dexter only kills... read more

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Acknowledgements
Notes on Contributors
Introduction - Killing Time with Showtime’s Dexter

Part One. First Blood: Interviews
1. An Interview with Author and Dexter Creator Jeff Lindsay
2. An Interview with Writer/Producer James Manos, Jr

Part Two. Blood Slides: The Structure of the Series
3. Dissecting the Opening Sequence
4. "Serial" Killer: Dexter's Narrative Strategies
5. Dexter's Hollow Designs

Part Three. Dexter on the Couch: Family, Friends, and Frankenstein
6. Harry Morgan: (Post)Modern Prometheus
7. Sex, Psychoanalysis, and Sublimation in Dexter
8. Blood Brothers: Brian + Dexter + Miguel

Part Four. A View to a Kill: Politics, Ethics, and Dexter
9. The Ethics of a Serial Killer: Dexter’s Moral Character and the Justification of Murder
10. The Devil You Know: Dexter and the "Goodness" of American Serial Killing
11. Neoliberal Dexter?
12. Dexter's German Reception: Why are German Networks so Obsessed (and Troubled) with US Shows?

Part Five. Dexterity: Dexter and Genre
13. The Lighter Side of Death: Dexter as Comedy
14. In a Lonely Place? Dexter and Film Noir
15. The Art of Sp(l)atter: Body Horror in Dexter
16. From Silver Bullets to Duct Tape: Dexter versus the Traditional Vigilante Hero

Appendices
A: Episode Guide
B: Novel Guide

Bibliography
Teleography
Filmography
Endnotes
Index

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Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Douglas L. Howard (Editor)

Other Contributors:

  1. Douglas L. Howard (Contributor) - Introduction, Harry Morgan: (Post)Modern Prometheus
  2. Angelina I. Karpovich (Contributor) - Dissecting the Opening Sequence
  3. David Lavery (Contributor) - "Serial" Killer: Dexter's Narrative Strategies
  4. Steven Peacock (Contributor) - Dexter's Hollow Designs
  5. Beth Johnson (Contributor) - Sex, Psychoanalysis, and Sublimation in Dexter
  6. Fionna Boyle (Contributor) - Blood Brothers: Brian + Dexter + Miguel
  7. Simon Riches (Contributor) - The Ethics of a Serial Killer: Dexter’s Moral Character and the Justification of Murder (with Craig French)
  8. Craig French (Contributor) - The Ethics of a Serial Killer: Dexter’s Moral Characterand the Justification of Murder (with Simon Riches)
  9. David Schmid (Contributor) - The Devil You Know: Dexter and the "Goodness" of American Serial Killing
  10. Michele Byers (Contributor) - Neoliberal Dexter?
  11. Vladislav Tinchev (Contributor) - Dexter's German Reception: Why are German Networks so Obsessed (and Troubled) with US Shows?
  12. James Francis Jr (Contributor) - The Lighter Side of Death: Dexter as Comedy
  13. Alison Peirse (Contributor) - In a Lonely Place? Dexter and Film Noir
  14. Simon Brown (Contributor) - The Art of Sp(l)atter: Body Horror in Dexter (with Stacey Abbott)
  15. Stacey Abbott (Contributor) - The Art of Sp(l)atter: Body Horror in Dexter (with Simon Brown)
  16. Stan Beeler (Contributor) - From Silver Bullets to Duct Tape: Dexter versus the Traditional Vigilante Hero

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: I.B.Tauris
Country: UK
Publication Date: February 28, 2010
ISBN: 9781848852655
Page Count: 288

Classification edit see section history

  • Library of Congress: PN1992.77.D495 D49 2010
  • Dewey: 791.45/72

Movie Connections edit see section history

  • Dexter (TV Show) (IMDb): On October 1, 2006, Showtime started to air the TV show loosely based on the book 'Darkly Dreaming Dexter' by Jeff Lindsay. Subsequent seasons have evolved independently of Lindsay's works.

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