Wallowing in Sex: The New Sexual Culture of 1970s American Television.Wallowing in Sex: The New Sexual Culture of 1970s American Television, by Elana Levine. Duke University Press/320 pp./$22.95 (sb). [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In Wallowing in Sex, Elana Levine analyzes the role of television during the sexual revolution of the 1970s as well as the political and societal so·ci·e·tal adj. Of or relating to the structure, organization, or functioning of society. so·ci  e·tal·ly adv.Adj. attitudes of Americans that contributed to such a revolution. This book emphasizes television as the most significant cultural form that altered the way sexuality was portrayed por·tray tr.v. por·trayed, por·tray·ing, por·trays 1. To depict or represent pictorially; make a picture of. 2. To depict or describe in words. 3. To represent dramatically, as on the stage. in society. Levine explores how the significance of sex turned from reproduction and family to individual gratification GRATIFICATION. A reward given voluntarily for some service or benefit rendered, without being requested so to do, either expressly or by implication. during the 1970s. This book highlights several key areas of this change, including a survey of many different sex-themed programs of the 1970s, the economic and competitive drives of networks, and the effects of the sexual revolution on young people. Of particular importance in this book is Levine's examination of the prominence of female sex symbols in the 1970s, discussing, for instance, the roles Wonder Woman and Charlie's Angels played in fueling the fire of the sexual revolution. Levine connects these characters to modern television by examining the way in which sex has been incorporated into sitcoms  The perspective and/or examples in this article do not represent a world-wide view. Please [ edit] this page to improve its geographical balance. , further fostering sex as a norm of
American mainstream entertainment.
Wallowing in Sex is an enlightening en·light·en tr.v. en·light·ened, en·light·en·ing, en·light·ens 1. To give spiritual or intellectual insight to: read that revisits the sexual revolution of the 1970s and addresses the issues and circumstances CIRCUMSTANCES, evidence. The particulars which accompany a fact. 2. The facts proved are either possible or impossible, ordinary and probable, or extraordinary and improbable, recent or ancient; they may have happened near us, or afar off; they are public or surrounding this enormous change in American television and culture. |
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