The Good Bad and the Gorgeous

Popular Culture’s Romance with Lesbianism

Diane Hamer ; Belinda Budge

Madonna has flirted with it, Martina Navratilova openly admits it and PBS makes costume dramas about it. Does this mean that mainstream society is welcoming lesbians with open arms? In this highly original collections 15 writers from the U.S., the U.K. and Australia focus on a wide range of cultural moments in film, TV, pop, books, magazines, and newspapers.

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Content

-Crossover dreams : lesbianism and popular music since the 1970’s / Arlene Stein

-Queer love affair? : Madonna and lesbian and gay culture / Sonya Andermahr

-She thinks I still care : lesbians and country music / Rosa Ainley and Sarah Cooper

-Netting the press : playing with Martina / Diane Hamer

-Girls who kiss girls and who cares? / Sue O’Sullivan

-‘Cop it sweet’ : lesbian crime fiction / Gillian Whitlock

-Making a drama out of difference : Portrait of a Marriage / Jenny Harding

-Gorgeous lesbian in LA Law : the present absence? / Rosanne Kennedy

-From string of knots to orange box : lesbianism on prime time / Margaret Marshment and Julia Hallam

-OUT : reflections on British television’s first lesbian and gay magazine series / Diane Hamer with Penny Ashbrook

-Pussy galore : lesbian images and lesbian desire in the popular cinema / Yvonne Tasker

-Fostering the illusion : stepping out with Jodie / Clare Whatling

-Looking lesbian : amazons and aliens in science fiction cinema / Paula Graham

-Basic Instinct : damning dykes / Angela Galvin.

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Details

ISBN	44409109
Genre	Entertainment; LGBT Studies/Social Sciences
Publication Date	01-Jan-94
Publisher	Pandora
Editor	Diane Hamer; Belinda Budge
Format	Trade Paperback
No. of Pages	256
Language	English
Rating	NotRated
Editor	Diane Hamer; Belinda Budge
BookID	4959