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Analyse the treatment of gender and/or sexuality in the postmodern condition. Your answer should be illustrated by a close reading of The Adventures Of Priscilla Queen Of The Desert.
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4. ANALYSE THE TREATMENT OF GENDER AND/OR SEXUALITY IN THE POSTMODERN CONDITION? Student Number: 0304705 Module code: SE3102 Module title: Postmodernity II ANALYSE THE TREATMENT OF GENDER AND/OR SEXUALITY IN THE POSTMODERN CONDITION. YOUR ANSWER SHOULD BE ILLUSTRATED BY A CLOSE READING OF THE ADVENTURES OF PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT. The subject of sexuality and gender in Western culture is now more liberal than it has ever been before. Through the media and popular culture we have television programmes about homosexuals, such as Will and Grace (1998) and Queer as Folk (1999), and films about transvestites, such as The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994). All lifestyle magazines, whether aimed at the straight or gay market, openly encourage an active sex life. In fact, a person is more likely to be considered abnormal without one. Sexuality is well and truly in the mainstream. The postmodern condition is thought to represent a lack, or...
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