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Ethnicity, Gender, and Diversity

Law and Justice on TV
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Television and streamed series that viewers watch on their TVs, computers, phones, and tablets are a crucial part of popular culture They have an influence on viewers and on law. People acquire values, behaviors, and stereotypes, both positive and negative, from television shows, which are relevant to people's acquisition of beliefs and to the development of law.. In this book, readers will find the first transnational, empirical look at ethnicity, gender, and diversity on legally-themed TV shows. Scholars determine the three most watched legally-themed shows in Brazil, Britain, Canada, Germany, Greece, Poland, Switzerland and the United States and then examine gender, age, ability, ethnicity, race, class, sexual orientation and nationality in those shows and countries. As such, this book provides an important link between law, TV, and what is going on in real life.
Chapter 1Introduction: Ethnicity, Gender and Diversity on TV in Context Peter Robson and Jennifer L. Schulz Chapter 2Brazil: Dramas of Televisual Justice Pedro Fortes and Germano Schwartz Chapter 3Britain: The Justice System on TV Peter Robson Chapter 4Canada: Women, People of Colour & Diversity on Top Law Shows Jennifer L. Schulz Chapter 5Germany: Diversity on its Way Franziska Sturmer Chapter 6Greece: TV Crime Dramas and Some Reflections on Gender and Race Nickos Myrtou, Stamatis Poulakidakos, and Olga Derzioti Chapter 7Poland: Polish Productions about Polish Problems Zofia Zawadzka Chapter 8Switzerland: Diversity as a Means of Seduction Lukas Musumeci and Fabian Odermatt Chapter 9United States: Some Representations of Ethnicity, Gender, and Diversity on Law-Related TV Series Christine A. Corcos AppendixAlphabetical Summary of Television Shows
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