Transgressing Later Life Sexualities in British Sitcoms.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Röber, Franziska, author.

Contributor:

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Series:

Bloomsbury studies in the humanities, ageing and later life ; volume 6.

Bloomsbury studies in the humanities, ageing and later life ; volume 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Television comedies--Great Britain--History and criticism.

Television comedies.

Situation comedies (Television programs)--Great Britain--History and criticism.

Situation comedies (Television programs).

Older people on television.

Sex on television.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (276 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2025.

Summary:

"Based on close readings of three major sitcoms, this book unpacks how sitcoms understand later life sexualities and focusses on how they represent sexually active older adults. It focuses on three representative sitcoms - Waiting for God, The Old Guys and Vicious - to examine this trend, demonstrating the ways in which sitcoms specifically enable and restrict representations of later life sexualities"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Series

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Acknowledgements

1 Opening sequence

Understanding later life

Understanding later life sexuality

Later life sexuality on screen

Materials and aims

2 Conventionally unconventional: The sitcom

Ordinariness and domesticity

Humour and laughter

Seriality

3 In the back of a Mini: Waiting for God and later life sexualities

Wouldn't look good in the papers: Sexuality in Waiting for God

Mostly talk, some action: Conclusion

4 Pretty fly for two Old Guys: Homosociality and later life (male) sexualities

Good, clean, dirty fun: Sexuality in The Old Guys

I may swing a bit: Queered sexualities in The Old Guys

Ninety per cent straight: Homosociality and The Old Guys

A sexy blitz: Sally as the idealized woman

All talk, little action: Conclusion

5 Walking into Elton John's closet: Vicious and queer sexualities

Let's get this straight: Queering later life

Broad tastes and over forty: Framing Violet Crosby

It's like living in Disneyland: Framing Freddie Thornhill and Stuart Bixby as respectably queer

Some talk, even less action: Sexualities in Vicious

6 Closing sequence

Domesticity and later life sexuality

Laughter, comedy and later life sexuality

Seriality and later life sexuality

End credits

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-350-47353-7

1-350-47351-0

1-350-47352-9

OCLC:

1493078173