LGBTQs, Media and Culture in Europe

• Author(s): Alexander Dhoest, Lukasz Szulc, Bart Eeckhout,
• Publisher: Routledge
• Pages: 318
• ISBN_10: 1317233123
  ISBN_13: 9781317233121
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Social Science / LGBTQ+ Studies / Gay Studies , Social Science / LGBTQ+ Studies / Lesbian Studies , Computers / Social Aspects , Social Science / Gender Studies , Social Science / Media Studies , Social Science / Regional Studies , History / General , Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social , Language Arts & Disciplines / Journalism , Social Science / Sociology / General , Social Science / Men's Studies ,

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Media matter, particularly to social minorities like lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people. Rather than one homogenised idea of the ‘global gay’, what we find today is a range of historically and culturally specific expressions of gender and sexuality, which are reflected and explored across an ever increasing range of media outlets. This collection zooms in on a number of facets of this kaleidoscope, each chapter discussing the intersection of a particular European context and a particular medium with its affordances and limitations. While traditional mass media form the starting point of this book, the primary focus is on digital media such as blogs, social media and online dating sites. All contributions are based on recent, original empirical research, using a plethora of qualitative methods to offer a holistic view on the ways media matter to particular LGBTQ individuals and communities. Together the chapters cover the diversity of European countries and regions, of LGBTQ communities, and of the contemporary media ecology. Resisting the urge to extrapolate, they argue for specificity, contextualisation and a provincialized understanding of the connections between media, culture, gender and sexuality.