Description: "Bad Sex examines the representation of sex and sexuality in Anglo-American drama and 'dramedy' shows like Fleabag (2019), Sex Education (2019-), I May Destroy You (2020) and Please Like Me (2013-16), arguing that TV is a key cultural site in which the politics of sexuality and gender are negotiated under contemporary conditions of neoliberalism"-- Provided by publisher.
Brief description: Claire Nally is Associate Professor of Modern and Contemporary Literature in the Department of English Literature, Linguistics and Creative Writing at Northumbria University, UK. She is the author of Steampunk: Gender, Subculture and the Neo-Victorian (Bloomsbury, 2019), co-editor or Bloomsbury Library of Gender and Popular Culture and Deputy Editor (including reviews) of the open access journal C21 Literature.
Review Quotes:
"Contemporary, affective, and beautifully written. Bad Sex recenters the political, personal, and wider significance of queer theory in popular culture during uncertain times. The intersectional and queer approach sets Bad Sex as a pivotal frame to examine popular culture, nostalgia, intimacy, representations on television, and what future possibilities could look like." --Gemma Commane, Birmingham City University, UK
"Bad Sex explores how sex and sexuality are depicted on screen in shows from Fleabag to Euphoria. It charts the movement away from previous depictions of sex as either liberating or traumatizing, attending to the complex territory in between. The book makes a vital contribution to media and cultural studies." --Suzanne Ferriss, Nova Southeastern University, USA "Well researched, well written, thoughtful, and eloquently argued, Bad Sex will be of value to cultural studies, film studies, gender and sexuality studies, sociology, and psychology." --CHOICE