Bad Sex
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-350-41852-3 (ISBN)
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Jacqueline Gibbs, Billy Holzberg, and Aura Lehtonen examine the representation of sex and sexuality in contemporary English language drama and ‘dramedy’ shows like Fleabag (2016, 2019), Sex Education (2019-23), I May Destroy You (2020) and Euphoria (2019-), arguing that TV is where the politics of sexuality and gender is negotiated under the contemporary conditions of neoliberalism.
Through a cultural analysis of key television shows, they identify this shift as driven by the diversification of representations of sex and sexuality, as women, trans and non-binary, Black and minority ethnic, working-class and disabled TV professionals carve some space in a traditionally white, middle-class, cis male dominated industry. In doing so, they explore the affective potential and limits of ‘bad’ sex on our screens and what these representations can tell us about sexual politics and gender cultures today.
Jacqueline Gibbs is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at City St George’s, University of London, UK. Her research explores political and socio-cultural conceptualisations of vulnerability and care. She has published on these themes in Feminist Media Studies, MAI Feminism and Visual Cultures, Feminist Review and Sociological Review Magazine. Billy Holzberg is Lecturer in Social Justice at King's College London, UK. He is the author of Affective Bordering: Race, Deservingness and The Emotional Politics of Migration Control (2024). His research examines the sexual and affective politics that shape growing social inequalities, nationalism, and right-wing authoritarianism. Aura Lehtonen is Associate Professor in Sociology at the University of Greenwich, UK. She is the author of The Sexual Logics of Neoliberalism in Britain: Sexual Politics in Exceptional Times (2023). Her research explores how difference, diversity and inequalities are understood, conceptualised and represented in contemporary culture and politics, with a specific focus on sexuality.
Introduction – Bad Sex on the Small Screen
1.Bad Straight Sex and Heteropessimism in Fleabag
2.Good Sex as Queer/Lesbian Escape in Feel Good and Work in Progress
3.Gay Male Shame and Good Enough Sex in Please Like Me and Special
4.When Sex Was Still Good in It’s a Sin and Pose
5.Sex with Your Ex in And Just Like That…, The L Word: Generation Q and Queer as Folk
6.Beyond the Boundaries of Bad Sex in I May Destroy You
7.Unlearning Bad Sex in Euphoria and Sex Education
Conclusion – No Sex, or The End of Bad Sex?
Bibliography
TV Show and Film Bibliography
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 6.2.2025 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Library of Gender and Popular Culture |
| Zusatzinfo | 30 bw illus |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 138 x 216 mm |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-350-41852-8 / 1350418528 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-350-41852-3 / 9781350418523 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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