The West Wing: The American Presidency as Television Drama (Paperback)

Acknowledgments ix
Contributors xi
Introduction
by Peter C. Rollins 1

Focusing on Issues
1.
by Donnalyn Pompper The West Wing: White House Narratives That Journalism Cannot Tell 17
2.
by Christina Lane The White House Culture of Gender and Race in The West Wing: Insights from the Margins 32
3.
by Myron A. Levine The West Wing (NBC) and The West Wing (D.C.): Myth and Reality in Television's Portrayal of the White House 42
4.
by Heather Richardson Hayton The King's Two Bodies: Identity and Office in Sorkin's West Wing 63
Language and Structure in The West Wing
5.
by Samuel A. Chambers Dialogue, Deliberation, and Discourse: The Far-Reaching Politics of The West Wing 83
6.
by Patrick Finn The West Wing's Textual President: American Constitutional Stability and the New Public Intellectual in the Age of Information 101
7.
by Greg M. Smith The Left Takes Back the Flag: The Steadicam, the Snippet, and the Song in The West Wing's "In Excelsis Deo" 125
8.
by Jason P. Vest From The American President to The West Wing: A Scriptwriter's Perspective 136
Perceptions of The West Wing
9.
by Pamela Ezell The Sincere Sorkin White House, or, The Importance of Seeming Earnest 159
10.
by Staci Beavers The West Wing as a Pedagogical Tool: Using Drama to Examine American Politics and Media Perceptions of Our Political System 175
11.
by Michelle Mouton Victorian Parliamentary Novels, The West Wing, and Professionalism 187
Critical Responses: West Wing Press Reviews
12.
by Sharon Waxman Inside The West Wing's New World 203
13.
by Chris Lehmann The Feel-Good Presidency: The Pseudo-Politics of The West Wing 213
14.
by Jon Podhoretz The Liberal Imagination 222
Bibliographical Overview
15.
by Myron A. Levine The Transformed Presidency: People and Power in the Real West Wing 235

Works Cited 261
Index