The West Wing: The American Presidency as Television Drama

Item Number

PN1992.77.W44R658 2003

Author/Artist/Editor

Peter C Rollins and John E O'Connor, Editors

Type

Book, Hard Copy

Date

2003

Press/Publisher

Syracuse UP

Language

English

Description

This work shows that while the series 'The West Wing' may be criticized as 'idealistic', its clever techniques of camera work, lighting, editing and mise en scene reflect America's best image of itself and entertain a loyal audience that wants to believe in the nobility of the American Dream.

Important Notes

The West Wing : White House narratives that journalism cannot tell / Donnalyn Pompper --
The White House culture of gender and race in The West Wing : insights from the margins / Christina Lane --
The West Wing (NBC) and the West Wing (D.C.) : myth and reality in television's portrayal of the White House / Myron A. Levine --
The king's two bodies : identity and office in Sorkin's West Wing / Heather Richardson Hayton --
Dialogue, deliberation, and discourse : the far-reaching politics of The West Wing / Samuel A. Chambers --
The West Wing's textual president : American constitutional stability and the new public intellectual in the age of information / Patrick Finn --
The left takes back the flag : the steadicam, the snippet, and the song in The West Wing's "In excelsis Deo" / Greg M. Smith --
From The American president to The West Wing : a scriptwriter's perspective / Jason P. Vest --
The sincere Sorkin White House, or, the importance of seeming earnest / Pamela Ezell --
The West Wing as a pedagogical tool : using drama to examine American politics and media perceptions of our political system