LGBTQs, Media and Culture in Europe

Synopsis

Media matter, particularly to social minorities like lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people. Rather than one homogenised idea of the ‘global gay’, what we find today is a range of historically and culturally specific expressions of gender and sexuality, which are reflected and explored across an ever increasing range of media outlets. This collection zooms in on a number of facets of this kaleidoscope, each chapter discussing the intersection of a particular European context and a particular medium with its affordances and limitations. While traditional mass media form the starting point of this book, the primary focus is on digital media such as blogs, social media and online dating sites. All contributions are based on recent, original empirical research, using a plethora of qualitative methods to offer a holistic view on the ways media matter to particular LGBTQ individuals and communities. Together the chapters cover the diversity of European countries and regions, of LGBTQ communities, and of the contemporary media ecology. Resisting the urge to extrapolate, they argue for specificity, contextualisation and a provincialized understanding of the connections between media, culture, gender and sexuality.

Book details

Series:

Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies

Author:

Alexander Dhoest, Lukasz Szulc, Bart Eeckhout

ISBN:

9781317233138

Related ISBNs:

9781315625812, 9780367877156, 9780367877156, 9781138649477, 9781138649477

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Pages:

304

Reading age:

Not specified

Includes images:

No

Date of addition:

2020-02-18

Usage restrictions:

Copyright

Copyright date:

2017

Copyright by:

N/A 

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Categories:

Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender, Nonfiction, Social Studies