Women in Security Television

Alexandre 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, Université Paris of 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, and Paris Sciences et Lettres.Sandra 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 are TV-Philosophy: How TV Series Change Our Thinking, (2023), TV-Philosophy: The Ethics and Politics of TV (2023), and Wittgenstein: The Senses of Use (2025). She is a professor of philosophy at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France.

• Introduction. Grammar of Understanding: Ways of Being, Feeling, and Seeing Women in Security Television1. Women Are Taking the Lead! Focus on the Character of Claire Underwood in House of Cards2. Nothing New in the East: Instrumentalization of Women in Turkish Security Series3. Dystopia as Empowerment? The Case of Sister Night in Watchmen4. Emotional Warfare and Global Conflict in Homeland and The Americans5. I Am Queen Sono: A Spy Series Represents Africa6. Desperate Housewives at War with ETA: Patria7. Gender, Genre, and Generative AI Representation: Regressive Simulacra in The Capture8. Navigating Contradictions: The Ambivalent Portrayal of Women in the Russian Series Sleepers9. Gender and Geopolitics: Behind the Scenes of Deep State with Sara Johnson10. Women as Security Workers: From the Individual to Collective Care11. “Why Did You Have to Do This?” Beyond Controversy, An Online Reception Analysis of Audience’s Comments on the Last Season of Killing EveIndex