[Commlist] New book: Lesbians on Television available open access

New book, *Lesbians on Television: New Queer Visibility and the Lesbian 
Normal*, now available open access to read/download

<https://openresearchlibrary.org/content/721089be-b1fe-4ffe-8ace-95f81307b221>


/The 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. Focusing on the small screens of Europe and North 
America, "Lesbians on Television" maps the contemporary shifts in 
lesbian visibility within popular media and, from this, extracts a 
figure of the new 'lesbian normal' that both helps and hinders those it 
represents. 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 empirical research, which 
includes interviews and multi-platform media analyses. Structured around 
five central case studies of popular British and American television 
shows featuring lesbian, bisexual and queer women characters – "The L 
Word", "Skins", "Glee", "Coronation Street" and "The Fosters"./



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