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UNINA9910815936903321 |
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Autore |
Billingham Peter <1953-> |
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Titolo |
Sensing the city through television : urban identities in fictional drama / / Peter Billingham |
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Bristol, UK ; Portland, OR, : Intellect, 2000 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (iv, 187 pages) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Television programs - Great Britain |
Television programs - United States |
Cities and towns on television |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Sensing the city : navigating a journey -- Policing the imagination : Tony Garnett's The cops -- The city as a site of redemptive struggle : Tony Marchant's Holding on -- The fabled city : The San Francisco of Armistead Maupin's Tales of the city -- A Manchester heterotopia? : Queer as folk -- Homicide, life on the street. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This is an investigation of the fictional representations of the city in contemporary British and American television drama, assessing their political, sociological and cultural implications. It draws on five key case studies, analyzing the structure, content, characterisation and narrative, and placing each within its specific ideological context. |
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