Talking dirty on Sex and the city : romance, intimacy, friendship / Beatriz Oria.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Oria, Beatriz, 1981- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sex and the city (Television program).

Sex on television.

Physical Description:

xvi, 197 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2014]

Summary:

First broadcast on IIBO in 1998, Sex and the City quickly became a mainstream success. Following four women who navigate the promise and peril of social, political, and sexual relationships in New York, the series created a stir in the popular media. Academia also responded with a remarkable body of criticism for such an apparently trivial program. Bui more than ten years after the show ended, there is still much more in say about this cultural phenomenon that spawned two film sequels. In Talking Dirty on Sex and die City: Romance, Intimacy, Friendship, Beatriz, Oria explores the discourses surrounding the series from a sociological point of view. Specifically, this book focuses on the conventions of the romantic comedy genre and bow its familiar fictional world articulates issues of intimacy, gender identity, and interpersonal relationships Oria considers how generic conventions employed by the show affect discourses on intimacy and bow interpersonal relationships at the turn of the century have not only been represented but also fashioned through a relevant popular-culture text. The author also explores such elements as romantic versus democratic love, the representation of female sexuality, and new family models. With an interdisciplinary approach, this book touches on many different areas, including sociology, psychology, gender studies, and media studies. Aimed at a broad academic audience. Talking Dirty on Sex and die City will also appeal to longtime fans, who are no doubt still gossiping about the show. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction: Welcome to the age of un-innocence

Sex and the city in context

Have we become romance-intolerant?: romancing consumption

What's the harm in believing?: romantic vs. democratic love

What's love got to do with it?: the representation of female sexuality

With a little help from my friends: new family models

Conclusion: Pushing boundaries.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781442235809

1442235802

OCLC:

871671243