The L Word, the Television Series: Analysis of Its Lesbian Subjectivity

Zhang Shuming

Abstract


In January 2004, Showtime, a pay cable network, launched the first-ever lesbian-themed serial drama, The L Word, which boldly showed lesbians’ sex life and brought lesbian discourse into the narrative center of queer-themed series. This essay tries to analyze how The L Word presented lesbian subjectivity through the image as well as body construction, and narrative and also discusses some arguments towards the lesbian body presentation in The L Word.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.22158/csm.v6n1p1

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