Nation, identity and the fascination with forensic science in Sherlock Holmes and CSI
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12602071 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ellen Burton Harrington (University of South Alabama, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 365-382 |
| Publication date | 2007-08-29 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Cultural Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1367-8779 • E-ISSN: 1460-356X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1367877907080149 |
| OpenAlex | W2107983003 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 16 |
| References cited | 10 |
Although the popular television series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation presents cutting-edge images and laboratory techniques, it reiterates the reassuring ideological message and the glorification of the man of science that typify Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories. While the Holmes stories use reassuring, formulaic narratives to consolidate a normative national identity and counter increasing disenchantment with empire, CSI replays a similar sort of procedural detective story to reassure viewers with the fantasy that the United States can be secured amidst threats of violence and terrorism, that individual identity, as well as national identity, can be fixed and scientifically assured
Aesthetics · Art · Crime scene · Criminology · Disenchantment · Empire · Fantasy · Identity (music · Ideology · Literature · Media studies · Narrative · National identity · Normative · Political science · Politics · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · Terrorism · Crime and Detective Fiction Studies · Crime, Deviance, and Social Control · Gothic Literature and Media Analysis · History · Law · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 16 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2022 (13) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 16 |