Queer as Folk

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by Glyn Davis

Type

Studies

Subject

One Film > Queer as Folk  (TV Series)

Keywords

TV Series

Publishing date

2007

Publisher

BFI Publishing

Collection

BFI TV Classics

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Paperback • 160 pages
5 ¼ x 7 ½ inches (13.5 x 19 cm)

ISBN

978-1-84457-199-4

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Book Presentation:
In the first critical study of this groundbreaking and controversial series--both the British original and the American remake--Glyn Davis examines in detail its conception, production, controversial content, marketing and reception. He situates Queer as Folk in relation to the history of "gay TV," Channel 4’s drama output, "New Labour" politics, and the "mainstreaming" of homosexuality in the UK and US in the 1990s. Davis also explores concerns addressed in the series, such as queer parenting, workplace homophobia, cruising and teenage sexuality. Acknowledging that Queer as Folk was often wildly entertaining--funny, energetic, sexy and seductive--Davis devotes space and time to tracing its particular aesthetic and narrative pleasures.

About the Author:
Glyn Davis is at the University of Bristol, UK.

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