Heroic Realism: Violence, Conservatism, and the Fate of Culture

<p>In an epic trawl through the heroic narratives of Hollywood action movies, TV crime drama, and their maverick protagonists, from <em>The Maltese Falcon</em> to <em>Dexter</em> via <em>24</em>, Amanda Beech explores the depiction of law, violence, and the politics of contingency, and asks what the resolute actions of these heroes have to tell us about conceptions of the political force of culture.</p>

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