The Wire as Social Science—fiction?
The Wire as Social Science—fiction?
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London, England: SAGE Publications
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English
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London, England: SAGE Publications
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This article examines the HBO television series TheWire 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 sti...
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The Wire as Social Science—fiction?
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_875716369
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_875716369
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0038-0385
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1469-8684
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10.1177/0038038510387199
