{"product_id":"wallowing-in-sex-9780822339199","title":"Wallowing in Sex","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eWallowing in Sex \u003c\/i\u003eis important work: it pushes us to understand the institutional terrain of 1970s American television in the context of the sexual revolution and emergent feminist and gay liberation movements in a manner that no other scholarly work has done before.”—Tim J. Anderson, author of \u003ci\u003eMaking Easy Listening: Material Culture and Postwar American Recording\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eWallowing in Sex\u003c\/i\u003e is a groundbreaking and important examination of television’s significant role in the increasingly sexualized culture of the 1970s. Painstakingly researched and smartly written, it is a crucial addition to the field of television history and, more generally, to the history of popular culture of the recent past. And if you grew up with 1970s television, \u003ci\u003eWallowing in Sex\u003c\/i\u003e will make you look at the programming of the era in a thoroughly new light.”—Aniko Bodroghkozy, author of \u003ci\u003eGroove Tube: Sixties Television and the Youth Rebellion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eWallowing in Sex\u003c\/i\u003e is an excellent contribution to the fields of television studies, gender studies, and popular culture. Levine’s blend of textual, historical, and industrial analysis paints a thorough picture of ‘the new sexual culture of 1970s America,’ making it a necessary text for any and all students of the decade. Moreover, her extremely thorough coverage of all aspects of 1970s television, and its peculiar obsession with female sexuality make an important intersection between feminist theory and broadcast history. In this vein, \u003ci\u003eWallowing in Sex\u003c\/i\u003e is on par with such germinal texts as Lynn Spigel’s \u003ci\u003eMake Room for TV\u003c\/i\u003e and Julie D’Acci’s \u003ci\u003eDefining Women\u003c\/i\u003e, making it an important and exciting addition to the canon of feminist media studies.” -- Mary E. Pagano * Jump Cut *\u003cbr\u003e“Levine makes a substantial contribution to television scholarship . . . . This is a significant book that television scholars, in particular those with an interest in feminism, cannot afford to overlook.” -- Hilary Radner * Journal of American History *\u003cbr\u003e“Levine’s book successfully reexamines televised representations of sexuality during a watershed decade of American culture marked by the rise of the feminist and gay movements. . . . Written in a straightforward and clear manner, [Levine] passionately guides the reader through the different issues and ambivalences that televised sexuality encountered during the 1970s. . . . Levine’s work should be appreciated not only as an historical overview of screened sexualities, but also as a critical inquiry into a-historical processes of regulation, prohibition and shame which are affecting what can and cannot be displayed on screen.” -- Frederik Dhaenens * Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments vii\u003cbr\u003e Introdution 1\u003cbr\u003e 1. KIDDIE PORN VERSUS ADULT PORN\u003cbr\u003e Inter-Network Competition 17\u003cbr\u003e 2. NOT IN MY LIVING ROOM\u003cbr\u003e TV Sex That Wasn’t 46\u003cbr\u003e 3. THE SEX THREAT\u003cbr\u003e Regulating and Representing Sexually Endangered Youth 76\u003cbr\u003e 4. SYMBOLS OF SEX\u003cbr\u003e Television’s Women and Sexual Difference 123\u003cbr\u003e 5. SEX WITH A LAUGH TRACK\u003cbr\u003e Sexuality and Television Humor 169\u003cbr\u003e 6. FROM ROMANCE TO RAPE\u003cbr\u003e Sex, Violence, and Soap Operas 208\u003cbr\u003e CONCLUSION 253\u003cbr\u003e NOTES 261\u003cbr\u003e BIBLIOGRAPHY 299\u003cbr\u003e INDEX 309","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406045028695,"sku":"9780822339199","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822339199.jpg?v=1730494349","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/wallowing-in-sex-9780822339199","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}