{"product_id":"justice-performed-9781472532343","title":"Justice Performed","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Sarah Kozinn\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Television - History \u0026amp; Criticism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJustice Performed: Courtroom TV Shows and the Theaters of Popular Law\u003c\/i\u003e is the first study of the reality TV genre to trace its theatrical legacy, connecting the phenomenon of the daytime TV shows to a long history of theatrical trials staged to educate audiences in pedagogies of citizenship. It examines how judge TV fulfills part of law's performative function: that of providing a participatory spectacle the public can recognize as justice. Since it debuted in 1981 with \u003ci\u003eThe People's Court\u003c\/i\u003e, which made famous its star jurist, Judge Joseph A. Wapner, dozens of judges have made the move to television. Unlike the demographics in actual courts, most TV judges are non-white men and women hailing from diverse cultural and racial backgrounds. These judges charge their decisions with personal preferences and cultural innuendos, painting a very different picture of what justice looks like. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on interviews with TV judges, producers and production staff, as well as the author's experience as a studio audience member, the book scrutinizes the performativity of the genre, the needs it meets and the inherent ideological biases about race, gender and civic instruction.","brand":"Bloomsbury Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45084673835159,"sku":"9781472532343","price":16478.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781472532343.webp?v=1767142758","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/justice-performed-9781472532343","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}