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Homosexuality on the Small Screen: Television and Gay Identity in Britain
Sebastian Buckle
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Description for Homosexuality on the Small Screen: Television and Gay Identity in Britain
Hardcover. Television provides a unique account of the development of a homosexual identity across the western world, emerging as it did when ideas around sex and sexuality were themselves only just beginning to be publicly discussed. Num Pages: 288 pages, 15 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; HBWL; HBWN; JFSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Television provides a unique account of the development of a homosexual identity across the western world, emerging as it did when ideas around sex and sexuality were themselves only just beginning to be publicly discussed. From the very earliest surviving drama featuring homosexuality in 1959, Homosexuality on the Small Screen explores each decade's programming in turn, looking at homosexual themes, storylines, and characters, situating them historically, and relating them to the broader events in British history. By doing so it examines the interactions between the medium and the reality of gay lives, showing how television mirrored the changes taking place ... Read more
Television provides a unique account of the development of a homosexual identity across the western world, emerging as it did when ideas around sex and sexuality were themselves only just beginning to be publicly discussed. From the very earliest surviving drama featuring homosexuality in 1959, Homosexuality on the Small Screen explores each decade's programming in turn, looking at homosexual themes, storylines, and characters, situating them historically, and relating them to the broader events in British history. By doing so it examines the interactions between the medium and the reality of gay lives, showing how television mirrored the changes taking place ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784538507
SKU
V9781784538507
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-10
About Sebastian Buckle
Sebastian Buckle gained his PhD in History and LGBT Studies at the University of Southampton. He is a blogger, writer and researcher on British queer history and the author of The Way Out: A History of Homosexuality in Modern Britain (I.B.Tauris, 2015).
Reviews for Homosexuality on the Small Screen: Television and Gay Identity in Britain
As informed and informative as it is thoughtful and thought-provoking, `Homosexuality on the Small Screen: Television and Gay Identity in Britain' is exceptionally well written, organized and presented.
Midwest Book Review
Homosexuality on the Small Screen is a timely, carefully written and thought-provoking interrogation of the themes, debates and case studies as they are relevant to the representation ... Read more
Midwest Book Review
Homosexuality on the Small Screen is a timely, carefully written and thought-provoking interrogation of the themes, debates and case studies as they are relevant to the representation ... Read more