Tragedy and Realism in Baltimore: "The Wire"'s Challenge to American Myths

This paper aims to contrast the social reality of the United States and the classic American mythology of the country in the HBO television series. "The Wire" to make a deep analysis of the American reality. The TV drama has deep conclusions about the American reality in different fields....

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Autor: García Irureta-Goyena, Pablo
Tipo de recurso: tesis de maestría
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
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Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:791.242The Wire
791.43:94(735.217.2)
"The Wire"
American mythology
David Simon
HBO
Home Box Office
TV series
Capitalism
Corruption
Ideology
Fiction
Baltimore.
Mitos estadounidenses
Series de televisión
Capitalismo
Corrupción
Ideología
Ficción
Sociología urbana
Televisión
Cine y literatura
6311.06 Sociología Urbana
3325.09 Televisión
6203.01 Cinematografía
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spelling Tragedy and Realism in Baltimore: "The Wire"'s Challenge to American MythsTragedia y realismo en Baltimore: El desafío de "The Wire" a los mitos estadounidensesGarcía Irureta-Goyena, Pablo791.242The Wire791.43:94(735.217.2)"The Wire"American mythologyDavid SimonHBOHome Box OfficeTV seriesCapitalismCorruptionIdeologyFictionBaltimore.Mitos estadounidensesSeries de televisiónCapitalismoCorrupciónIdeologíaFicciónSociología urbanaTelevisiónCine y literatura6311.06 Sociología Urbana3325.09 Televisión6203.01 CinematografíaThis paper aims to contrast the social reality of the United States and the classic American mythology of the country in the HBO television series. "The Wire" to make a deep analysis of the American reality. The TV drama has deep conclusions about the American reality in different fields. "The Wire" gives insight into the different institutions shaping the functioning of a city, such as the police department, the unions, the political system, the education system, and the press. These are explored through different characters who participate in these institutions, and/or who suffer oppression at their hands. American mythology has been created throughout different historical moments and is one of the most important factors shaping the United States. Myths such as the American Dream, the City Upon a Hill, American Exceptionalism, the democratization of the education system and Freedom of the Press will appear in this paper. Furthermore, American individualism will appear in contrast with the ideology of Greek Tragedy in "The Wire". The thesis of this essay is that the contrast and the gap between American mythology and American reality are central themes of "The Wire". This paper also addresses both American mythology and American reality, with the purpose of showing a deep contrast between them.Byers, TomUniversidad Complutense de Madrid20182018-09-0120182018-09-01master thesishttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_bdccinfo:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesisapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/14421reponame:Docta Complutenseinstname:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Atribución-NoComercial-CompartirIgual 3.0 Españahttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/es/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/144212026-06-02T12:44:21Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Tragedy and Realism in Baltimore: "The Wire"'s Challenge to American Myths
Tragedia y realismo en Baltimore: El desafío de "The Wire" a los mitos estadounidenses
title Tragedy and Realism in Baltimore: "The Wire"'s Challenge to American Myths
spellingShingle Tragedy and Realism in Baltimore: "The Wire"'s Challenge to American Myths
García Irureta-Goyena, Pablo
791.242The Wire
791.43:94(735.217.2)
"The Wire"
American mythology
David Simon
HBO
Home Box Office
TV series
Capitalism
Corruption
Ideology
Fiction
Baltimore.
Mitos estadounidenses
Series de televisión
Capitalismo
Corrupción
Ideología
Ficción
Sociología urbana
Televisión
Cine y literatura
6311.06 Sociología Urbana
3325.09 Televisión
6203.01 Cinematografía
title_short Tragedy and Realism in Baltimore: "The Wire"'s Challenge to American Myths
title_full Tragedy and Realism in Baltimore: "The Wire"'s Challenge to American Myths
title_fullStr Tragedy and Realism in Baltimore: "The Wire"'s Challenge to American Myths
title_full_unstemmed Tragedy and Realism in Baltimore: "The Wire"'s Challenge to American Myths
title_sort Tragedy and Realism in Baltimore: "The Wire"'s Challenge to American Myths
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv García Irureta-Goyena, Pablo
author García Irureta-Goyena, Pablo
author_facet García Irureta-Goyena, Pablo
author_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Byers, Tom
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv 791.242The Wire
791.43:94(735.217.2)
"The Wire"
American mythology
David Simon
HBO
Home Box Office
TV series
Capitalism
Corruption
Ideology
Fiction
Baltimore.
Mitos estadounidenses
Series de televisión
Capitalismo
Corrupción
Ideología
Ficción
Sociología urbana
Televisión
Cine y literatura
6311.06 Sociología Urbana
3325.09 Televisión
6203.01 Cinematografía
topic 791.242The Wire
791.43:94(735.217.2)
"The Wire"
American mythology
David Simon
HBO
Home Box Office
TV series
Capitalism
Corruption
Ideology
Fiction
Baltimore.
Mitos estadounidenses
Series de televisión
Capitalismo
Corrupción
Ideología
Ficción
Sociología urbana
Televisión
Cine y literatura
6311.06 Sociología Urbana
3325.09 Televisión
6203.01 Cinematografía
description This paper aims to contrast the social reality of the United States and the classic American mythology of the country in the HBO television series. "The Wire" to make a deep analysis of the American reality. The TV drama has deep conclusions about the American reality in different fields. "The Wire" gives insight into the different institutions shaping the functioning of a city, such as the police department, the unions, the political system, the education system, and the press. These are explored through different characters who participate in these institutions, and/or who suffer oppression at their hands. American mythology has been created throughout different historical moments and is one of the most important factors shaping the United States. Myths such as the American Dream, the City Upon a Hill, American Exceptionalism, the democratization of the education system and Freedom of the Press will appear in this paper. Furthermore, American individualism will appear in contrast with the ideology of Greek Tragedy in "The Wire". The thesis of this essay is that the contrast and the gap between American mythology and American reality are central themes of "The Wire". This paper also addresses both American mythology and American reality, with the purpose of showing a deep contrast between them.
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