The Good Bad and the Gorgeous : Popular Culture's Romance with Lesbianism

By: Diane Hamer (Editor), Belinda Budge (Editor)

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Paperback | 1 January 1994 | Edition Number 2

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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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Non-Fiction Society & Culture Cultural Studies Popular Culture Social Groups Gay & Lesbian Studies Lesbian Studies Gender Studies

Acknowledgements
Notes on contributors
Introduction	p. 1
Crossover dreams: lesbianism and popular music since the 1970s	p. 15
A queer love affair? Madonna and lesbian and gay culture	p. 28
She thinks I still care: lesbians and country music	p. 41
Netting the press: playing with Martina	p. 57
Girls who kiss girls and who cares?	p. 78
'Cop it sweet': lesbian crime fiction	p. 96
Making a drama out of difference: Portrait of a Marriage	p. 119
The gorgeous lesbian in LA Law: the present absence?	p. 132
From string of knots to orange box: lesbianism on prime time	p. 142
Out: Reflections on British television's first lesbian and gay magazine series	p. 116
Pussy galore: lesbian images and lesbian desire in the popular cinema	p. 172
Fostering the illusion: stepping out with Jodie	p. 184
Looking lesbian: amazons and aliens in science fiction cinema	p. 196
Basic Instinct: damning dykes	p. 218
Notes	p. 232
Bibliography	p. 242
Index	p. 247
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