Columbo: Class Struggle on TV Tonight

Lilian Mathieu (1)

1 CMW - Centre Max Weber

The book shows that the tv series Columbo owes its success to its implicit but formi- dable political dimension, as each episode is a class struggle between a rich, famous, cultured or powerful criminal and a humble and blunderer police officer.

Mots clés: tv series – United States – detective stories – culture – distinction – sociology – class status – cultural industry – interactionism

Domaines: Sociologie; Science politique; Art et histoire de l'art

Lilian Mathieu. Columbo: Class Struggle on TV Tonight. Brill, 2022, Vincenzo Cicchelli, Sylvie Octobre, 978-90-04-51242-9. ⟨halshs-03526353⟩