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Overview"Over the past thirty years, queer women have been coming out of the media closet to enter the mainstream consciousness. This book explores the rise of lesbian visibility since the 1990s with in-depth historical analyses of representation in sports, music, photography, comics, television and cinema. Each chapter is complemented by an interview: soccer player and coach Saskia Webber, singer-songwriter Gretchen Phillips, photographer Lola Flash, cartoonist Alison Bechdel and filmmakers Jamie Babbit and Anna Margarita Albelo discuss the societal transformations that shaped their careers. From the ""riot grrrl"" movement of the early 1990s punk scene to screen representations of queer culture (The L Word, Orange Is the New Black), this book discusses how lesbian presence successfully infiltrated several patriarchal strongholds, and was transformed in return." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Anne CrémieuxPublisher: McFarland & Co Inc Imprint: McFarland & Co Inc Dimensions: Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 25.40cm Weight: 0.458kg ISBN: 9781476685816ISBN 10: 1476685819 Pages: 258 Publication Date: 20 March 2023 Recommended Age: From 18 years Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsTable of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Hidden in Plain Sight: Lesbian Athletes Taking the Spotlight Too Strong to Be Hetero-Normal When the Best Defense Is Offense, and Taking None Lesbianism in Sports and the Cutting Room Floor Conclusion An Interview with Saskia Webber 2. We Are Family: Tuning in to Lesbian Music It’s a Man’s World—Sexism and Homophobia in the Music Industry, and the Women Who Fought Back “I Kissed a Girl”—Lesbian Chic and Coming-Out Shocks Are We Not Femme? Beyond Femmes and Butchies Conclusion An Interview with Gretchen Phillips 3. Looking Straight at the Lens: Lesbian Photography, from A. Leibovitz to Z. Muholi Photography as Evidence, Photography as History Picturing a Lesbian Aesthetic Visualizing the Genderqueer Revolution Conclusion An Interview with Lola Flash 4. Drawing the Line: How Lesbian Comics Put the Sapphic Back in Graphics Living in a Bubble: Self-Publication and Graphic Communities Watching Out for Mainstream Success What Fun Home Did for the Lesbian Funnies Drawing Outside the Lesbian Box Conclusion An Interview with Alison Bechdel 5. It’s Showtime! Lesbians in TV Series The L Word Before The L Word Is It OK for Males to Gaze? The TV Lesbian as Other, and the Racial Ramifications of Lesbian Representation The L Word Hub on the Global Chart Conclusion An Interview with Jamie Babbit 6. From Subtext to Sex Tape: Lesbians on the Big Screen Spotting Lesbians on the Big Screen: Crossdressers, Vampires, Ghosts, and Villains Sex, Lesbians, and Videotapes: New Queer Cinema and the Lesbian Revolution Soft Porn for the World to See: Lesbian Sex Goes Mainstream Conclusion An Interview with Anna Margarita Albelo Conclusion Film and Videography Chapter Notes Works Cited IndexReviewsNow You See Her is a comprehensive look at how lesbians and queer women have both influenced and been impacted by American culture. Anne Cremieux's detailed record offers a nuanced perspective and intersectional overview that's long overdue. From athletics to art to performance in music or on screen, Now You See Her accurately reflects the ways in which LBTQ+ women have experienced themselves and each other. --Trish Bendix, author and journalist, former editor-in-chief of AfterEllen.com How wonderful to have this gift from Anne Cremieux, a book as generous in its scope as in its attitude. Richly informed by lucidly deployed theory and brilliantly responsive to the particularities of a wide range of media, Now You See Her is also a celebration of the exuberance, diversity, gorgeousness and importance of lesbian visibility. Anne Cremieux is not afraid to confront awkward questions or political complexity--porn, trans, butch, negative images, they're all here--but, with its inspiring interviews with a range of practitioners, this is above all a book full of joy. --Richard Dyer, professor, film scholar and gay critic, Now you see it: studies on lesbian and gay film, The Culture of Queers This ingenious and spirited exploration of modern lesbian culture from the 70s to the present links representation to culture to politics with knowledgeable ease. Cremieux has created a scholarly guidebook, alternating her analyses with interviews and reviving a powerful sense of lesbian life at a moment when it's in danger of disappearing. Now You See Her deserves to be assigned to every gender studies class... and every Girl Scout troop, too. I am grateful. --B. Ruby Rich, author and film critic, Chick Flicks: Theories and Memories of the Feminist Film Movement and The New Queer Cinema: The Director's Cut Now You See Her is a comprehensive look at how lesbians and queer women have both influenced and been impacted by American culture. Anne Cremieux's detailed record offers a nuanced perspective and intersectional overview that's long overdue. From athletics to art to performance in music or on screen, Now You See Her accurately reflects the ways in which LBTQ+ women have experienced themselves and each other. -Trish Bendix, author and journalist, former editor-in-chief of AfterEllen.com This ingenious and spirited exploration of modern lesbian culture from the 70s to the present links representation to culture to politics with knowledgeable ease. Cremieux has created a scholarly guidebook, alternating her analyses with interviews and reviving a powerful sense of lesbian life at a moment when it's in danger of disappearing. Now You See Her deserves to be assigned to every gender studies class... and every Girl Scout troop, too. I am grateful. -B. Ruby Rich, author and film critic, Chick Flicks: Theories and Memories of the Feminist Film Movement and The New Queer Cinema: The Director's Cut How wonderful to have this gift from Anne Cremieux, a book as generous in its scope as in its attitude. Richly informed by lucidly deployed theory and brilliantly responsive to the particularities of a wide range of media, Now You See Her is also a celebration of the exuberance, diversity, gorgeousness and importance of lesbian visibility. Anne Cremieux is not afraid to confront awkward questions or political complexity-porn, trans, butch, negative images, they're all here-but, with its inspiring interviews with a range of practitioners, this is above all a book full of joy. -Richard Dyer, professor, film scholar and gay critic, Now you see it: studies on lesbian and gay film, The Culture of Queers "Now You See Her is a comprehensive look at how lesbians and queer women have both influenced and been impacted by American culture. Anne Cremieux's detailed record offers a nuanced perspective and intersectional overview that's long overdue. From athletics to art to performance in music or on screen, Now You See Her accurately reflects the ways in which LBTQ+ women have experienced themselves and each other.""—Trish Bendix, author and journalist, former editor-in-chief of AfterEllen.com ""This ingenious and spirited exploration of modern lesbian culture from the 70s to the present links representation to culture to politics with knowledgeable ease. Cremieux has created a scholarly guidebook, alternating her analyses with interviews and reviving a powerful sense of lesbian life at a moment when it's in danger of disappearing. Now You See Her deserves to be assigned to every gender studies class... and every Girl Scout troop, too. I am grateful.""—B. Ruby Rich, author and film critic, Chick Flicks: Theories and Memories of the Feminist Film Movement and The New Queer Cinema: The Director's Cut ""How wonderful to have this gift from Anne Crémieux, a book as generous in its scope as in its attitude. Richly informed by lucidly deployed theory and brilliantly responsive to the particularities of a wide range of media, Now You See Her is also a celebration of the exuberance, diversity, gorgeousness and importance of lesbian visibility. Anne Crémieux is not afraid to confront awkward questions or political complexity—porn, trans, butch, negative images, they're all here—but, with its inspiring interviews with a range of practitioners, this is above all a book full of joy.""—Richard Dyer, professor, film scholar and gay critic, Now you see it: studies on lesbian and gay film, The Culture of Queers" Author InformationAnne Crémieux is a professor of American studies at the English department of the University of Montpellier Paul Valéry. Her writings focus on the representation of minorities in American popular culture. She is a founding member of Le 7e Genre, a film club that focuses on questions of gender and sexuality. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |