Lesbians on Television: New Queer Visibility by Kate McNicholas Smith PAPERBACK

Intellect

Lesbians on TelevisionNew Queer Visibility & The Lesbian Normal\nAuthor(s): Kate McNicholas Smith\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Intellect, United Kingdom\nImprint: Intellect Books\nISBN-13: 9781789387513, 978-1789387513\nSynopsis\nThe 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. 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 as empirical research, which includes interviews and multi-platform media analyses.\n\nThis original new study puts forward a much-needed analysis of twenty-first century television and lesbian visibility. Books addressing the representation of lesbians have tended to focus on film; analysis of queer characters on television has usually focused on representations of gay males. Other recent books have attempted to address l.