Sensing the City through Television: Urban Identities in Fictional Drama

 Sensing the City through Television is an investigation of the fictional representations of the city in contemporary British and American television drama, assessing their political, sociological and cultural implications. Focusing on five key case studies – Queer as Folk, Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City,  The Cops,  Homicide - Life on the Street & Holding On – the book explores structure, content, characterisation and narrative, and places each within its specific ideological context.