Demory Gay Identity, New Storytelling and The Media

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-349-66841-0
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 284 Seiten, Web PDF

Reihe: Palgrave Social Sciences Collection

This critical introduction to gay and lesbian identity within the media explores the concept of 'new storytelling'. The case studies look at film, television and online media, focusing on the narrative potential of individual storytellers who, as producers, writers and performers, challenge identity concerns and offer new expressions of liberty.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Demory, P.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgements Introduction: Placing the Self Within the Frame New Storytelling: Transitions from the Past Gay Identity and Self-Reflexivity Community, History and Transformation Factual Media Space: Intimacy, Participation and Therapy Commodity and Family Teenage Identity and Ritual Other Storytelling and the New Frontier Conclusion: Cohesion, Fragmentation and 'Becoming' Notes Filmography Works Cited Index

Über Autor(innen)

CHRISTOPHER PULLEN Senior Lecturer in Media Studies at Bournemouth University, UK. He is the author of (2007). His research interests relate to the representation and performance of minority identity within contemporary media, and contexts of gender and sexuality.