Women in Security Television

This book explores the changing portrayal of leading female characters in 21st-century security TV shows set behind the scenes of democratic regimes facing multifaceted threats, from jihadist terrorism to health risks.

Offering an in-depth examination of several case studies, the authors speak to a larger debate on the differences of women’s representations in security TV series within and between geographical and cultural areas. Beginning with a definition of this popular genre of TV series and highlighting its specificities, the book brings together researchers from media studies, humanities, philosophy, and gender studies to interrogate new forms of visibility of female figures in popular culture.

This book will appeal to scholars, postgraduate students, and research students working in film studies, media studies, popular culture studies, gender studies, philosophy, and sociology.

Sandra Louise Laugier is a French philosopher who works on ordinary language philosophy, moral philosophy, democracy, and popular culture. She is the translator of Stanley Cavell’s work in French. Among recent books areTV-Philosophy, How TV series change our thinking, (2023) TV-Philosophy. The Ethics and Politics of TV (2023).She is a professor of philosophy at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France, and a Senior member of the Institut Universitaire de France.

Alexandre Madouely Diallo is a researcher and lecturer whose work focuses on race and gender representation in popular culture, toxic masculinities, and the reception of TV series and films. He has published on these themes about visual media and online audience responses. He has held academic positions at Erasmus University Rotterdam, Sciences Po Paris, and Paris Sciences et Lettres. As an art critic, he has contributed reviews to Revue Esprit and authored texts for The Aesthetics of Secrecy, a digital exhibition developed in collaboration between ERC DEMOSERIES and the Kandinsky Library (Centre Pompidou).