Kim,I.B.Tauris,2006, 电影、电视艺术'/> Reading 'The L Word'
Reading 'The L Word' :Outing Contemporary Television

Publication subTitle :Outing Contemporary Television

Author: Akass> Kim  

Publisher: I.B.Tauris‎

Publication year: 2006

E-ISBN: 9780857716187

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9781845111793

Subject: J9 Movies, TV

Keyword: 电影、电视艺术

Language: ENG

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Description

The L Word immediately captured international attention when it debuted on American screens in January 2004. Given its standing as the first television drama series to focus on lesbians,_x000D_it attracted controversy and devotion from within the lesbian community and beyond - and continues to make headlines and draw an enthusiastic fan base trading gossip through websites and weblogs. The groundbreaking primetime drama from Showtime is about a group of lesbian and bisexual friends living and loving in Los Angeles, and challenges traditional_x000D_notions of relationships, queer lifestyles, gender identities, race and ethnicity, and sex and sexuality. Reading 'The L Word' is the first book about this television phenomenon, and offers a rich variety of explorations of the show and its impact on popular culture.With an Introduction_x000D_by Sarah Warn, the founder of leading lesbian entertainment website AfterEllen.com, and foreword by Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, this collection brings together leading academics,_x000D_feminist critics, scholars and award-winning journalists to discuss The L Word through a range of topics like third-wave feminism, queer theory, bisexuality and sex as well as how The_x000D_L Word has been marketed to and received by its audience. There is a complete episode guide as well as a series of interviews with the actors and the writer Guinevere Turner (Go_x000D_Fish). _x000D_Reading 'The L Word' addresses both humorously and analytically what The L Word say

Chapter

Preface - Janet McCabe and Kim Akass

Introduction - Sarah Warn

Part 1: Lesbians on TV

1. Sex and the Clittie

2. The L Word Under-whelms the UK?

3. Interview with Guinevere Turner

4. New Queer Cable? The L Word, the Small Screen and the Bigger Picture

5. The (In)visible Lesbian: Anxieties of Representation in the L Word

6. How Does a Lesbian Look? Stendhal's Syndrome and the L Word

7. Lipstick Leviathans: Demonologies of the Lesbian Body in the L Word

Part 3: Loving

8. Heteronormativity and the L Word: From a Politics of Representation to a Politics of Norms

9. Straight-up Sex in the L Word

10. The Chart

11. 'L' is for 'Long Term': Compulsory Monogamy on the L Word

12. Why is the L Word Sexy?

13. What is a Straight Girl To Do? Ivan's Serenade, Kit's Dilemma

Part 4: Labels

14. Is She Man Enough? Female Masculinities on the L Word

15. Interview with Katherine Moennig

16. The Other 'L' Word: Representing a Latina Identity

17. The Glamour Factor and the Fiji Effect

18. Radical Acts: Biracial Visibility and the L Word

19. Hot Stuff: Music as a Language of Lesbian Culture

20. Interview with Erin Daniels

The Essential L Word Episode Guide

Scribe Grrrl

Film and TV Guide

Bibliography

Index

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