The Law of the Father, the Law of the Land: Power, Gender and Race in The Shield
2007 ◽
Vol 41
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pp. 659-673
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This article examines the construction of gender and race in the television series The Shield (FX 2002–). The article argues that while The Shield seems to offer an ostensibly progressive vision of a multi-cultural society in which race and gender represent no barrier to the possession of legitimate authority, the series premises the possibility of such access to power on the continuing possession of “real” power by a paternalistic white, male figure, thus presenting a regressive conservative vision of gender and race relations in contemporary US society.
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2008 ◽
Vol 78
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pp. 311-332
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2019 ◽
Vol 20
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pp. 322-335
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