Heroism Celebrity and Therapy in Nurse Jackie

<p>This book presents an examination of the television series <i>Nurse Jackie</i> making connections between the representational processes and the audience consumption of the series. A key point of reference is the political and performative potential of <i>Nurse Jackie </i>with regards to its progressive representation of prescription drug addiction and its relationship to the concept of quality television. It deconstructs <i>Nurse Jackie </i>'s discursive potential involving intersections with contemporary notions of genre heroism celebrity therapy and feminism. At the same time this book foregrounds the self-refl exive educational potential of the series largely enabled by the scriptwriters and the leading actor Edie Falco.</p>