Charlotte Brunsdon is Professor of Film and Television Studies at the University of Warwick and the author of several books, including London in Cinema: The Cinematic City Since 1945 and The Feminist, the Housewife, and the Soap Opera.
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