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oapen-20.500.12657-473532023-02-01T08:50:00Z Lesbians on Television Smith, Kate McNicholas Performing Arts Television History & Criticism Fiction Action & Adventure Social Science LGBTQ+ Studies Lesbian Studies bic Book Industry Communication::A The arts::AP Film, TV & radio::APT Television bic Book Industry Communication::F Fiction & related items::FJ Adventure bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFS Social groups::JFSK Gay & Lesbian studies The twenty-first century has seen LGBTQ+ rights emerge at the forefront of public discourse and national politics in ways that would once have been hard to imagine. Focusing on the small screens of Europe and North America, "Lesbians on Television" maps the contemporary shifts in lesbian visibility within popular media and, from this, extracts a figure of the new 'lesbian normal' that both helps and hinders those it represents. This book offers a unique and layered account of the complex dynamics in the modern moment of social change, drawing together critical social and cultural theory as well empirical research, which includes interviews and multi-platform media analyses. Structured around five central case studies of popular British and American television shows featuring lesbian, bisexual and queer women characters – "The L Word", "Skins", "Glee", "Coronation Street" and "The Fosters". 2021-03-16T04:31:32Z 2021-03-16T04:31:32Z 2020 book 9781789382815 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/47353 eng application/pdf n/a external_content.pdf Intellect Intellect dba70200-fc42-4588-b068-f9ec198260f0 b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9781789382815 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) Intellect Knowledge Unlatched open access
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The twenty-first century has seen LGBTQ+ rights emerge at the forefront of public discourse and national politics in ways that would once have been hard to imagine. Focusing on the small screens of Europe and North America, "Lesbians on Television" maps the contemporary shifts in lesbian visibility within popular media and, from this, extracts a figure of the new 'lesbian normal' that both helps and hinders those it represents. This book offers a unique and layered account of the complex dynamics in the modern moment of social change, drawing together critical social and cultural theory as well empirical research, which includes interviews and multi-platform media analyses. Structured around five central case studies of popular British and American television shows featuring lesbian, bisexual and queer women characters – "The L Word", "Skins", "Glee", "Coronation Street" and "The Fosters".
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