| Description |
vi, 216 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"These essays explore the politics of representation and the clash of progressive and regressive social agendas in television. The work places emphasis on the search for a space for gays, lesbians, bisexuals and the transgendered within the mainstream media. The book contains criticisms of characters in such shows as Six Feet Under, Queer As Folk, Friends and Ellen"--Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
What do gay men desire? Peering behind the queer eye / Robert Benjamin Bateman -- Queer eye on the prize : the stereotypical sodomites of summer / W.C. Harris -- Embattled sex : rise of the Right and victory of the queer in Queer as folk / Rebecca Clare Beirne -- Queering the straight world : the politics of resignification in Queer as folk / Esther Peeren -- A trip to the queer circus : reimagined masculinities in Will & Grace / Richard J. Conway -- Straight and crazy? Bisexual and easy? Or drunken floozy? The queer politics of Karen Walker / Danielle Mitchell -- Desire and the "big black sex cop" : race and the politics of sexual intimacy in HBO's Six feet under / Guy Mark Foster -- "We cannot afford to keep being so high-minded" : fighting the Religious Right on The L word / Margaret McFadden -- Politics of the sitcom formula : Friends, Mad about you, and the sapphic second banana / Kelly Kessler -- Masculinity and male intimacy in nineties sitcoms : Seinfeld and the ironic dismissal / Margo Miller -- Gay performativity and reality television : alliances, competition, and discourse / Christopher Pullen -- Altar ego : GLAAD sacrifices male intimacy and commitment ceremonies to the media gods / James Black -- Lesbians and serial TV : Ellen finds her inner adult / Becca Cragin. |
| Subject |
Homosexuality on television.
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Homosexuality on television. |
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Homosexuality and television.
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Homosexuality and television. |
| Added Author |
Keller, James R., 1960-
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Stratyner, Leslie.
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| ISBN |
0786423900 paperback alkaline paper |
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9780786423903 paperback alkaline paper |
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