Walter White aka Heisenberg: the Rise of a Cultural Icon

  • Rayco González Universidad de Burgos
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_CIYC.2015.v20.49535
Keywords: Breaking Bad, icons, isography, culture

Abstract

The fan art phenomenon created around the TV series Breaking Bad, issued by AMC between 2008 and 2013, has generated a set of icons of its protagonist, Walter White, played by actor Bryan Cranston. The icons discussed in this paper keep a isography, a set of constant elements in their syntactic composition, and a clear homeomorphism in their functionality to the matrix text from which they arise. The interest of this work focuses on the description of both its features and functions and its emergence until its conversion into what might be called a cultural icon.

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Published
2015-07-03
How to Cite
González R. (2015). Walter White aka Heisenberg: the Rise of a Cultural Icon. CIC. Cuadernos de Información y Comunicación, 20, 71-85. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_CIYC.2015.v20.49535
Issue
Vol. 20 (2015): Ídolos e iconos en la semiosfera mediática
Section
Monograph

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