Tiger King: murder, mayhem and madness a docalogue / edited by Jaimie Baron and Kristen Fuhs.
| Other author | Baron, Jaimie. |
| Other author | Fuhs, Kristen. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2022. |
| Description | viii, 110 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
| Subjects |
| Series | Docalogue. |
| Contents | Introduction: the spectacle of Tiger King -- Captive audiences: quarantining with Tiger King / Hannah Boast and Nicole Seymour -- Netflix's docuseries style: generic chaos and affect in Tiger King / Jorie Lagerwey and Taylor Nygaard -- #carolebaskinkilledherhusband: the gender politics of Tiger King meme culture / Tanya Horeck -- Labor, celebrity, and the carnivalesque world of Tiger King -- "I'm in a cage": a historical perspectives on Tiger King's animals / Vanessa Bateman. |
| Abstract | "The fourth volume in the Docalogue series, this book explores the significance of the documentary series Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness (2020), which became 'must-see-TV' for a newly captive audience during the global Covid-19 pandemic. The series - a true-crime, tabloid spectacle about a murder-for-hire plot within the big cat trade - prompts interesting questions about which documentaries become popular in particular moments and why. However, it also raises important questions related to the medium specificity of documentary in the streaming era, as well as the ethics of both human and animal representation. By combining five distinct perspectives on the Netflix documentary series, this book offers a complex and cumulative discourse about Tiger King's significance in multiple areas including, but not limited to, animal studies, queer theory, genre studies, labor relations, and digital culture. Students and scholars of film, media, television, and cultural studies will find this book extremely valuable in understanding the significance of this larger-than-life true-crime documentary series"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 97-103) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2021055937 |
| ISBN | 9780367721824 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 9780367743307 (softcover) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |