Global TV Series and the Political Imagination

In the current era of political crisis, Tatsiana Zhurauliova and Anastasia Krutikova have pulled together a smart bunch of scholars to analyse and critique the forms and functions of political television in a variety of global contexts, thus expanding the horizon of television studies and encouraging their readers to think big.

Neil Ewen, Associate Professor of Media, Communications and Culture, University of Exeter

Introduction: TV Series in the Age of Global Digital Distribution Anastasia Krutikova and Tatsiana Zhurauliova
DOI: 10.47788/YVIT8901
1. Engrenages: Machiavellian Ethics and Politics for an Unpredictable and Turbulent World in a French Crime Series Philippe Corcuff
DOI: 10.47788/CPSV5340
2. Reshaping Political Drama: Verisimilitude in South Korean Series Chief of Staff Stéphane Thévenet
DOI: 10.47788/MLLB2944
3. Why Talk About Boys? Some Thoughts on Two Israeli Series—Our Boys and Unknowns Ayelet Lilti
DOI: 10.47788/PVNQ5896
4. Medieval Fantasy and Democracy: The Example of the French TV Series Kaamelott Sylvie Allouche
DOI: 10.47788/GMGK4152
5. The Series The Days as a Global Resource for Political Education and Democratic Conversation About Nuclear Energy Governance Adrienne Sala
DOI: 10.47788/GWBP1847
6. ‘Our War for Our Survival’: Politics and Ideology in Russian Spy Series Sleepers Anastasia Krutikova and Tatsiana Zhurauliova
DOI: 10.47788/CYTW9581
7. Teşkilat: The Power of Series in the Service of Power Solene Poyraz
DOI: 10.47788/QDOX3785
8. Al-Ikhtiyar or the Apology of the Egyptian State: (Re)Writing History on the Small Screen Sixtine Deroure
DOI: 10.47788/IMXM5686
9. The Knockout: Mirroring the Social and Political Reality of Present-day China Shensen Cai and Emily Dunn
DOI: 10.47788/DAHO5871
10. Soap Operas, Strategic Identities, and Electoral Competition in Contemporary Brazil Antonio Athayde Sauandaj
DOI: 10.47788/ZKHN9067
11. Make Romantic Comedies, Not War: How Televised Romance Can Help Us Reimagine Everyday Peace in Korea and Israel/Palestine Yuval Katz and Sojeong Park
DOI: 10.47788/HBKR4317
12. Contributing to the Construction of a Democratic Dialogue in Côte d’Ivoire: My Family Series in the Ivorian Political Landscape Othniel Halépian Bahi Go
DOI: 10.47788/SPLY8194
13. Servant of the People: When Imagination Takes Over Thibaut de Saint Maurice
DOI: 10.47788/LZOS7267
14. The Street Is Watching: Jaq, a Nuanced Story of Blackness, Gender, and Urban Struggle in Contemporary London Alexandre Diallo
DOI: 10.47788/RZVW4518
15. The Platform: The Hybridities of Techno-Thriller and Politics in the Emirates Thomas Richard
DOI: 10.47788/KCLL2713
16. Politics and Philosophy in Two Mexican Streaming Thrillers: Ingobernable (Uncontrollable, 2017) and El candidato (The Candidate, 2020) Paul Julian Smith
DOI: 10.47788/HXGE8610
17. Borgen: Power & Glory: Northern Europe’s Green Policies and the Challenge of Relying on Black Gold Benjamin Campion
DOI: 10.47788/SNLM1644
18. Feminism Waves and Series Waves in the USA Sandra Laugier
DOI: 10.47788/BAQF9885

Anastasia Krutikova is a postdoctoral researcher at Waseda University, Tokyo. She holds a Ph.D. in socio-cultural anthropology from the École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS). Her research focuses on anthropological theory, media anthropology and secondary education in France and Russia.

Tatsiana Zhurauliova is a postdoctoral fellow at the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, as part of the ERC Demoseries project. She received her PhD in art history from Yale University in 2014. She has held the positions of Associate Researcher and Research and Teaching Fellow at the Université Paris Nanterre and the Université de Paris, and Collegiate Assistant Professor and Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Chicago. Her research focuses on the intersection of visual culture and discourses on identity and difference in the United States and Eastern Europe.