Challenging heterosexism from the other point of view [electronic resource] : representations of homosexuality in Queer as folk and The L word / Dana Frei.
By: Frei, Dana.
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BookPublisher: Bern ; New York : Peter Lang, 2012Description: 345 p.Uniform titles: Queer as folk (Television program : Great Britain) | Queer as folk (Television program : United States) | L word (Television program) Subject(s): Homosexuality on television | Stereotypes (Social psychology) on televisionGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 791.45/653 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | URL | Copy number | Status | Date due | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references.
Queer representation and popular media -- Television series and homosexuality -- Theoretical background -- Queer studies: current state of research -- Developing theses -- Deconstructing heteronormativity -- Challenging institutionalized -- Attitudes and expectations -- Reinforcing stereotypes -- Subjects of investigation -- Queer as folk and The L word -- Queer as folk (QAF-UK) -- Queer as folk (QAF-US) -- The L word (TLW) -- Format conventions and characteristics -- Methodology -- Preparing audiovisual material for analysis -- Cultural negotiations and television serials -- Analysing content in products of popular media -- Qualitative content analysis -- Methodological steps -- Categories and coding -- Results -- Points of focus -- Creating a homonormative world -- Representation of the others -- Social and legal injustice -- Family: questioning genetic bonds -- Bigotry, homophobia and violence -- Hypocrisy & failing morals -- Heterophobia -- New order and value system -- Pride, self-acceptance and linguistic Resignification -- New forms of partnership -- Families of choice: loyalty and friendship -- Assimilation versus diversity -- Questioning gender and sexual dichotomies -- Unmasking the performativity of gender -- Limits of sexual fluidity -- Stereotypes and the mandate of representation -- Hedonism and promiscuity -- Celebrating a lifestyle: party, sex and drugs -- Dangers and the threat of HIV -- The requirement of youth and beauty -- Politics of visibility -- Visibility and the construction of a community -- Representing queer diversity -- Results, conclusion and outlook.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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