Citation

Ledwon L. William Mary J. Women Law 2017; 23(3): 397-431.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Marshall-Wythe School of Law of the College of William and Mary)

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Abstract

This Article examines the award-winning television show, Breaking Bad, to illustrate how the idea of a contract in popular culture can become inflected with a style of retrograde masculinity. Deals in Breaking Bad take place in the classic contract imaginary, which resembles the classic Western shootout: two antagonists face each other down in a duel. The show interrogates the frontier thesis, with its links to the American Dream and dangerous masculinities, through the ruthless contracts of Walter White.

Language: en