CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Crime Scene Investigation

by Steven Cohan

Overview

Steven Cohan's study of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation unpacks the show's focus on forensic technology; its sophisticated visual style; its fascination with subcultures; its relationship with both 'Old' and 'New' Vegas, and the performance of its lead actors, notably William Petersen as Gil Grissom.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781844572557
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	12/15/2008
Series:	BFI TV Classics
Edition description:	2008
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	5.30(w) x 7.40(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Steven Cohan is Dean's Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Syracuse University, USA and was the former President of the Society for Cinema and Media Studies from 2015–2017. His books include Sunset Boulevard (BFI Film Classics, 2022), Hollywood by Hollywood: The Backstudio Picture and the Mystique of Making Movies (2018), The Sound of Musicals (BFI 2010), CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (BFI TV Classics, 2008) and Incongruous Entertainment: Camp, Cultural Value, and the MGM Musical (2005).

Table of Contents

Introduction
1. It's All about the Evidence
2. The CSI Effect
3. The Blue Paint Killer
4. The CSI Style
5. Looking at Science
6. Old and New Vegas
7. What Happens in Vegas
8. Who Are You?
Afterword
Notes
Credits
Index