Articles

Click on the links below to access the articles via Google Docs. I have given the full bibliographic citation for each article. (Links fixed!)

1. Alisdair McMillan, "Heroism and the Police Procedural." The Wire: Urban Decay and American Television, ed. Tiffany Potter and C.W. Marshall. New York: Continuum, 2010, 50-63.

2. Ryan Brooks, "The Narrative Production of 'Real Police'." The Wire: Urban Decay and American Television, ed. Tiffany Potter and C.W. Marshall. New York: Continuum, 2010, 64-77.

3. David Harvey, "The Baltimore Story." Spaces of Hope. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000, 133-156.

4. Amanda Klein, " 'The Dickensian Aspect': Melodrama, Viewer Engagement, and the Socially Conscious Text." The Wire: Urban Decay and American Television, ed. Tiffany Potter and C.W. Marshall. New York: Continuum, 2010, 177-89.

5. Jason Read, "Stringer Bell's Lament: Violence and Legitimacy in Contemporary Capitalism." The Wire: Urban Decay and American Television, ed. Tiffany Potter and C.W. Marshall. New York: Continuum, 2010, 122-34.

6. David Alff, "Yesterday's Tomorrow Today: Baltimore and the Promises of Reform." The Wire: Urban Decay and American Television, ed. Tiffany Potter and C.W. Marshall. New York: Continuum, 2010, 23-36.

7. Courtney Marshall, "Barksdale Women: Crime, Empire, and the Production of Gender." The Wire: Urban Decay and American Television, ed. Tiffany Potter and C.W. Marshall. New York: Continuum, 2010, 149-61.

8. Sophie Jones, "Women and The Wire." PopMatters. 25 Aug. 2008. Web.

9. Lynne Viti, " 'I Got the Shotgun, You Got the Briefcase': Lawyering and Ethics." The Wire: Urban Decay and American Television, ed. Tiffany Potter and C.W. Marshall. New York: Continuum, 2010, 78-90.

10. Ralph and Laura Beliveau, "Posing Problems and Picking Fights: Critical Pedagogy and the Corner Boys." The Wire: Urban Decay and American Television, ed. Tiffany Potter and C.W. Marshall. New York: Continuum, 2010, 91-103.

This isn't an article about The Wire, but a supplement to They Say / I Say that we will use when you start your research projects.

1. Booth, Wayne, Gregory Colomb, and Joseph Williams. "From Questions to a Problem." The Craft of Research. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2008, 51-67.

2. Booth, Wayne, Gregory Colomb, and Joseph Williams. "From Problems to Sources." The Craft of Research. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2008, 68-82.