Additional Information
Book Details
Abstract
An investigation of the fictional representations of the city in contemporary British and American television drama, assessing their political, sociological and cultural implications. The book draws on the following five key case studies for specific and detailed analysis: • Queer as Folk • Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City • The Cops • Homicide - Life on the Street • Holding On Each is discussed in terms of structure, content, characterisation and narrative, and placed within its specific ideological context. The case studies represent an interesting range of British and American cities and city sub-cultures. The author extends his analysis to investigate the intrinsic issues related to the implications of popular and high drama and culture. Featuring excerpts of exclusive interviews with Tony Garnett and members of the production team of The Cops and Tony Marchant and David Snodin of Holding On. As one of the first substantial investigations of the city in television drama, this book reflects a growing general interest in the politics of representation. It is also designed for accommodation into the very popular academic courses on drama and in film and media studies: as a textbook and for supplementary reading.
Table of Contents
Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
---|---|---|---|
Front Cover | A | ||
Preliminaries | i | ||
Contents | iii | ||
Acknowledgements | iv | ||
Sensing the City – Navigating a Journey An Introduction | 1 | ||
Viewing positions and audiences | 2 | ||
The Geo-ideological | 4 | ||
Dramatic Value and Dramatic Realism | 5 | ||
The Five Case-study Dramas | 9 | ||
Notes | 15 | ||
1. Policing the Imagination Tony Garnett’s ‘The Cops’ | 17 | ||
‘The Cops’ – Series One | 19 | ||
PC Danny Rylance | 27 | ||
WPC Natalie Metcalf | 29 | ||
DC Alan Wakefield | 33 | ||
‘The Cops’ – Series Two | 36 | ||
WPC Amanda Kennett | 44 | ||
PC Jaz Chundhara, PC Roy Brammell, Karim Ifraz | 52 | ||
Notes | 58 | ||
2. The City as a Site of Redemptive Struggle Tony Marchant’s ‘Holding On’ | 59 | ||
Shaun and Gary | 61 | ||
Florrie, Janet, Chris and Marcus | 74 | ||
Lloyd and Hilary | 79 | ||
Claire, Sally, Brenda and Annie | 82 | ||
Helen and Zahid | 88 | ||
3. The Fabled City The San Francisco of Armistead Maupin’s ‘Tales of the City’ | 93 | ||
Anna Madrigal | 94 | ||
Mary Ann Singleton | 99 | ||
Michael and Mona | 106 | ||
Tales and More Tales | 115 | ||
Note | 118 | ||
4. A Manchester Heterotopia? - ‘Queer as Folk’ | 119 | ||
Queer as Sequinned Space | 120 | ||
Stuart Alan Jones | 123 | ||
Vince Tyler | 131 | ||
Nathan Maloney | 140 | ||
Happy Families? | 147 | ||
Notes | 156 | ||
5. ‘Homicide – Life on the Street’ | 157 | ||
602. Blood Ties (2) | 159 | ||
604. Birthday | 163 | ||
606. Saigon Rose | 166 | ||
607. The Subway | 170 | ||
608. All is Bright | 172 | ||
612. Something Sacred | 175 | ||
Notes | 178 | ||
Sensing the City – Centres and Margins A Conclusion | 179 | ||
Policing the Centre from the Boundary | 179 | ||
Liberation, Assimilation or Confrontation? Queering City Spaces | 182 | ||
Sensing the City – more than just Holding On? | 186 | ||
Notes | 187 | ||
Back Cover - Book Description | 188 |