Television and Sexuality - Regulation and the Politics of Taste

Informationen zum Autor Jane Arthurs is Head of the School of Cultural Studies at the University of the West of England! Bristol. Previous publications include work on audience responses to the film Crash in The Crash Controversy (2001)! the edited collection (2002) and Women's Bodies: Discipline and Transgression (1999). Klappentext In recent years there has been a marked increase in both the volume and diversity of sexual imagery and talk on television! condemned by some as a 'rising tide of filth'! celebrated by others as a 'liberation' from the regulations of the past. Television and Sexuality questions both these responses through an examination of television's multiple channels and genres! and the wide range of sexual information and pleasures they provide. The book explores the way that sexual citizenship and sexual consumerism have been defined in the digital era to reveal the underlying assumptions held by the television industry about the tastes and sexual identities of its diverse audiences. It draws on the work of key thinkers in cultural and media studies! as well as feminist and queer theory! to interrogate the political and cultural significance of these developments. With topics including the regulation of taste and decency! sex scandals in the news! the biology of sex in science programmes! and gay! lesbian and postfeminist identities in 'quality' drama! this book is key reading for students in cultural and media studies and gender studies. Zusammenfassung Explores the way that sexual citizenship and sexual consumerism have been defined in the digital era to reveal the underlying assumptions held by the television industry about the tastes and sexual identities of its diverse audiences. This book is suitable for students in cultural and media studies and gender studies. Inhaltsverzeichnis Series editor's foreword Acknowledgements Introduction Sexual citizenship in the digital age Pornography and the regualtion of taste Sex scandals The science of sex Documenting the sex industry Gay! Lesbian and Queer sexualities in UK drama Postfeminist drama in the USA Conclusion Glossary Appendix Bibliography Index ...

Product details

• Authors: Jane Arthurs
• Publisher: Open University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.09.2004
• EAN: 9780335209750
• ISBN: 978-0-335-20975-0
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: UK Higher Education OUP Humanities & Social Sciences Media, Film & Cultural Studies; Issues in Cultural and Media S; UK Higher Education OUP Humanities & Social Sciences Media, Film & Cultural Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries