Beyond Representation Television Drama and the Politics and Aesthetics of Identity

Beyond Representationposes the question as to whether over the last thirty years there have been signs of 'progress' or 'progressiveness' in the representation of 'marginalised' or subaltern identity categories within television drama in Britain and the US. In doing so, it interrogates some of the key assumptions concerning the relationship between aesthetics and the politics of identity that have influenced and informed television drama criticism during this period.

Geraldine Harris is Lecturer in the Department of Theatre Studies at Lancaster University.