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Making a genre : the case of the contemporary true crime documentary
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Bruzzi, Stella (2016) Making a genre : the case of the contemporary true crime documentary. Law and Humanities, 10 (2). pp. 249-280. doi:10.1080/17521483.2016.1233741 ISSN 1752-1483.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17521483.2016.1233741
Abstract
This article looks at the current documentary obsession with true crime stories, arguing that ultimately this heterogeneous series of individual texts loosely constitute a genre. Bookended by The Staircase from 2004 (the genre's touchstone or foundational text) and Making a Murderer from 2015 (the genre's most notorious example to date), this discussion will look at a diverse range of examples (series, podcasts, one-off documentaries) that nevertheless share common concerns around the law and how it can be represented, the truth, evidence and miscarriages of justice. Examples discussed also include: The Kick (2005), The 10th District Court (2006), Serial (2014) and The Jinx (2015). Even the title sequences are beginning to resemble each other – and those of related drama series – posing more questions about generic and media identity. True crime documentaries are hugely popular; they also serve justice, in that several of these television series, podcasts and web broadcasts have had a direct impact on actual cases.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > Film and Television Studies | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Law and Humanities | ||||||
Publisher: | Routledge | ||||||
ISSN: | 1752-1483 | ||||||
Official Date: | 2016 | ||||||
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Volume: | 10 | ||||||
Number: | 2 | ||||||
Page Range: | pp. 249-280 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.1080/17521483.2016.1233741 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
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