The queer politics of television
By: Samuel A. Chambers
Series: Reading contemporary television
Publisher: I. B. Tauris; Distributed in the United States by Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London; New York; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 237
ISBN-13: 9781845116811
Subjects: Homosexuality and television; Television and politics
Description: "The Queer Politics of Television" is a radical book, which brings together the fields of political theory and television studies. In one of the first books to do so, Samuel A. Chambers exposes and explores the cultural politics of television by treating television shows - including "Six Feet Under", "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", "Desperate Housewives", "The L Word", and "Big Love"--As serious, important texts and reading them in detail through the lens of queer theory. Chambers makes the case for the profound significance of 'the cult.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-228) and index.