Table of Contents

Introduction: Beyond the politics of identity?
1. Beyond realism? Modes of reading in Marxist-socialist and post-Marxist socialist, television drama criticism
2. The end(s) of feminism(s) from Madonna to Ally McBeal.?
3. Divided duties: diasporic subjectivities and ‘race relations’ dramas (Supply and Demand, The Bill, Second Generation)
4. The world of enterprise: myths of the global and global myths (Star Trek)
5. Only human nature after all? Romantic attractions and queer dilemmas (Queer as Folk)
Conclusion: Beyond (simple) representation? Metrosexuality and The Murder of Stephen Lawrence

About the Author

Geraldine Harris is a Professor of Theatre Studies at Lancaster University