Wallowing in Sex The New Sexual Culture of 1970s American Television

Name: Wallowing in Sex The New Sexual Culture of 1970s American Television
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ISBN: 9780822339199

ISBN-10: 0822339196

ISBN-13: 9780822339199

Edition: 2007

Authors: Elana Levine, Lynn Spigel

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Passengers disco dancing in "The Love Boat"'s Acapulco Lounge. A young girl walking by a marquee advertising "Deep Throat" in the made-for-TV movie "Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway," A frustrated housewife borrowing "Orgasm and You" from her local library in "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman," Commercial television of the 1970s was awash with references to sex. In the wake of the sexual revolution and the women's liberation and gay rights movements, significant changes were rippling through American culture. In representing--or not representing--those changes, broadcast television provided a crucial forum through which Americans alternately accepted and contested momentous shifts in sexual…

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List price: $28.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Duke University Press
Publication date: 1/9/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 0.24" wide x 0.35" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 1.056
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Kiddie Porn Versus Adult Porn: Inter-Network Competition



Not in My Living Room: TV Sex That Wasn't



The Sex Threat: Regulating and Representing Sexually Endangered Youth



Symbols of Sex: Television's Women and Sexual Difference



Sex with a Laugh Track: Sexuality and Television Humor



From Romance to Rape: Sex, Violence, Soap Operas


Conclusion


Notes


Bibliography


Index