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Charlotte Brunsdon traces television's representations of Paris, London, and Baltimore to show how they reflect the medium's history and evolution, thereby challenging the prevalent assumptions about television as quintessentially suburban and showing how television shapes our perception of urban spaces, both familiar and unknown.

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"A well written and well researched book that opens new prospects for television researchers on the history and the future of the medium." -- Nahuel Ribke * H-France, H-Net Reviews *
"Television Cities is relatively short . . . but it packs in a wide range of thought-provoking issues without losing its focus. . . . An engaging and rewarding read for anybody interested in fictions for small, and not-so-small, screens. It will no doubt succeed in its aim of encouraging debate in these domains." -- Robin Nelson * Critical Studies in Television *

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments vii
Introduction: Does the Flâneur Watch Television 1
1. The Modernity of Maigret's Paris 24
2. Living-Room London 65
3. Portable Cities: Baltimore 116
Notes 165
Bibliography 195
Index 211

Television Cities

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      Publisher Duke University Press
      Published 7 February 2018
      ISBN-13 9780822368946
      978-0822368946
      ISBN-10 0822368943

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Charlotte Brunsdon traces television's representations of Paris, London, and Baltimore to show how they reflect the medium's history and evolution, thereby challenging the prevalent assumptions about television as quintessentially suburban and showing how television shapes our perception of urban spaces, both familiar and unknown.

      Trade Review
      "A well written and well researched book that opens new prospects for television researchers on the history and the future of the medium." -- Nahuel Ribke * H-France, H-Net Reviews *
      "Television Cities is relatively short . . . but it packs in a wide range of thought-provoking issues without losing its focus. . . . An engaging and rewarding read for anybody interested in fictions for small, and not-so-small, screens. It will no doubt succeed in its aim of encouraging debate in these domains." -- Robin Nelson * Critical Studies in Television *

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgments vii
      Introduction: Does the Flâneur Watch Television 1
      1. The Modernity of Maigret's Paris 24
      2. Living-Room London 65
      3. Portable Cities: Baltimore 116
      Notes 165
      Bibliography 195
      Index 211

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