Penfold-Mounce, Ruth; Beer, David and Burrows, Roger. 2011. The Wire as Social Science-fiction? Sociology, 45(1), pp. 152-167. ISSN 0038-0385 [Article]

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This article examines the HBO television series The Wire as an example of a popular cultural form that stimulates the sociological imagination. It provides some examples of how it functions to do this. A brief case study of one character — ‘Snoop’ — is examined to illustrate a set of more general observations. It is suggested that The Wire, although still containing strong narrative elements, provides an intriguing popular cultural example of what Andrew Abbott has recently called a ‘lyrical sociology’.

Item Type:	Article
Identification Number (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1177/0038038510387199
Departments, Centres and Research Units:	Sociology
Dates:	Date Event 2011 Published
Item ID:	6674
Date Deposited:	02 Apr 2012 14:51
Last Modified:	04 Jul 2017 14:17
Peer Reviewed:	Yes, this version has been peer-reviewed.
URI:	https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/6674

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