Reading 'The L Word'
Outing Contemporary Television
1st Edition
Published on 24. February 2006
280 pages
978-0-85771-618-7 (ISBN)
Description
"The L Word" captured international attention when it first appeared on American screens in January 2004. The groundbreaking primetime drama from Showtime is about a group of lesbian and bisexual friends living and loving in Los Angeles, and challenges traditional notions of relationships, queer life styles, gender identities, race and ethnicity and sex and sexuality. "Reading the L Word" is the first book about this television phenomenon. With an introduction by Sarah Warn, the founder of premier lesbian entertainment website, AfterEllen.com, and a foreword by Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, the collection brings together leading academics, feminist critics, scholars and award-winning journalists to discuss "The L Word". There is also a complete episode guide, as well as a series of interviews with the actors Erin Daniels, Katherine Moennig, and the writer, Guinevere Turner. Analytical, often humorous and sometimes provocative, "Reading the L Word" uncovers what makes this show both so compelling and groundbreaking.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN-13
978-0-85771-618-7 (9780857716187)
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03/2008
I.B. Tauris
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Persons
Sarah Warn is the founder and editor of AfterEllen.com and AfterElton.com, the leading entertainment sites for gays and lesbians. She has a B.A. in Women's Studies from Wellesley College and a Master's in Theological Studies from Harvard University.
Content
- Cover
- Contents
- List of Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Regular Cast
- Foreword: The Letter 'L' - Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick
- 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
- Part 2: Looking
- 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
