Reading 'The L Word' : Outing Contemporary Television
The L Word immediately captured international attention when it debuted on American screens in January 2004. Given its standing as the first television drama series to focus on lesbians, _x000D_ it attracted controversy and devotion from within the lesbian community and beyond - and continues to make headlines and draw an enthusiastic fan base trading gossip through websites and weblogs. The groundbreaking primetime drama from Showtime is about a group of lesbian and bisexual friends living and loving in Los Angeles, and challenges traditional_x000D_ notions of relationships, queer lifestyles
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Cover ; Contents; List of Contributors; Acknowledgements; Regular Cast; Foreword: The Letter 'L'
Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick; Preface
Janet McCabe and Kim Akass; Introduction
Sarah Warn; Part 1: Lesbians on TV; 1. Sex and the Clittie; 2. The L Word Under-whelms the UK?; 3. Interview with Guinevere Turner; 4. New Queer Cable? The L Word, the Small Screen and the Bigger Picture; Part 2: Looking; 5. The (In)visible Lesbian: Anxieties of Representation in the L Word; 6. How Does a Lesbian Look? Stendhal's Syndrome and the L Word. 7. Lipstick Leviathans: Demonologies of the Lesbian Body in the L WordPart 3: Loving; 8. Heteronormativity and the L Word: From a Politics of Representation to a Politics of Norms; 9. Straight-up Sex in the L Word; 10. The Chart; 11. 'L' is for 'Long Term': Compulsory Monogamy on the L Word; 12. Why is the L Word Sexy?; 13. What is a Straight Girl To Do? Ivan's Serenade, Kit's Dilemma; Part 4: Labels; 14. Is She Man Enough? Female Masculinities on the L Word; 15. Interview with Katherine Moennig; 16. The Other 'L' Word: Representing a Latina Identity. 17. The Glamour Factor and the Fiji Effect18. Radical Acts: Biracial Visibility and the L Word; 19. Hot Stuff: Music as a Language of Lesbian Culture; 20. Interview with Erin Daniels; The Essential L Word Episode Guide; Scribe Grrrl; Film and TV Guide; Bibliography; Index