Considering David Chase: Essays on The Rockford Files, Northern Exposure and The Sopranos

'These critical essays examine Chase's television writings, and study Chase's use of identity, community, and place in defining his on-screen characters. Topics explored include Chase's constructs of the urban L.A. environment in The Rockford Files, the portrayal of hybridized American archetypes in Northern Exposure, and the interpretation of sexual identity/masculinity in The Sopranos. '--Provided by publisher.