Television, sex and society :analysing contemporary representations /

Published by : Continuum, (New York :) Physical details: xxi, 196 p. ; 24 cm. ISBN:9781441179456 (hardcover : alk. paper); 1441179453 (hardcover : alk. paper); 9780826434982 (pbk. : alk. paper); 0826434983 (pbk. : alk. paper).
Subject(s): Sex on television.
Year: 2012 Item type: Book
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Riara University Library
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PN1992.8.T45 2012 (Browse shelf (Opens below)) C.1 Available 7231/16
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pt. 1. TV and the democratization of sex -- Shameless: situating sex beyond the city/ Beth Johnson -- Sex, society and the slayer/ Madeleine Smith -- Fangbanging: sexing the vampire in Alan Ball's True Blood/ Melanie Waters -- True Blood, sex and online fan culture/ Emily Brick -- Pt. 2. TV and the absence of sex -- Beekeeper suits, plastic casings, rubber gloves and cling film: examining the importance of "no-sex" sex in Pushing Daisies/ Rebecca Feasey -- Television x-cised: restricted hardcore and the resisting of the real/ James Aston -- Imagination in the box: Woju's realism and the representation of Xiaosan/ Ruth Y.Y. Hung -- My lovely Sam-soon: absent sex and The unbearable lightness of sweet Korean romance/ Jeongmee Kim -- pt. 3. TV sex and heritage: sexual representation and re-presentation -- "Why should I hide my regard": erotic Austen/ Jonathon Shears -- Performance anxiety and costume drama: lesbian sex on the BBC/ Amber Regis -- The conquests of Henry VIII: masculinity, sex and the national past in The Tudors/ Basil Glynn.

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