Policing the Monstrous: Essays on the Supernatural Crime Procedural

by Teresa Cutler-Broyles

This collection of new essays examines how the injection of supernatural creatures and mythologies transformed the hugely popular crime procedural television genre. These shows complicate the predictable and comforting patterns of the procedural with the inherently unknowable nature of the supernatural. From Sherlock to Supernatural, essays cover a range of topics including the gothic, the post-structural nature of The X-Files,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476670536
• ISBN13: 9781476670539
• Release Date: January 2021
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.7" x 8.7"
• Age Range: 18 years and up