The queer politics of television

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"The Queer Politics of Television" is a radical book, which brings together the fields of political theory and television studies. In one of the first books to do so, Samuel A. Chambers exposes and explores the cultural politics of television by treating television shows - including "Six Feet Under", "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", "Desperate Housewives", "The L Word", and "Big Love"--As serious, important texts and reading them in detail through the lens of queer theory. Chambers makes the case for the profound significance of 'the cult.