Landscapes of Thrift and Dwelling: Dwelling and Sociality in Midsomer Murders

Autor(en)

Stefan Zahlmann

Abstrakt

In its long history of airing the popular crime series Midsomer Murders does not only present various murder cases but also a glimpse into the opinions on gender, sexuality, age and ethnicity. These opinions mirror the attitude of the producers as well as the anticipated expectations of the audience. The dicussion of these aspects are inseperately linked to the categories of thrift and dwelling and it seems that the ways of living in Midsomer County are always overwriting the questions of guilt, atonement and punishment. Furthermore the episodes of the series offer strategies to an aesthetic evaluation of sociality in an fictional countryside. Here murders become not only a question of morality and crime but show the depth of human nature as a hidden reality underneath the scenery of rural purity.

Organisation(en)

Institut für Geschichte

Journal

Culture Unbound - Journal of Current Cultural Research

Band

11

Seiten

466-484

Anzahl der Seiten

19

DOI

https://doi.org/10.3384/cu.2000.1525.19v11a25

Publikationsdatum

2019

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

601008 Geschichtswissenschaft, 605002 Kulturgeschichte, 601014 Neuere Geschichte

Schlagwörter

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Arts and Humanities(all), Cultural Studies, Anthropology, Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)

Sustainable Development Goals

SDG 16 – Frieden, Gerechtigkeit und starke Institutionen

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