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Queered TV (Routledge Television Guidebooks) - Hardcover

Book 12 of 12: Routledge Television Guidebooks

Becker, Ron

 
9781138946125: Queered TV (Routledge Television Guidebooks)

Synopsis

This guidebook will provide a student-friendly overview of how the politics and affects of sexual identity are negotiated and experienced on and around television. Examining shows like Bewitched, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, and Modern Family, it will help the reader understand the contingent and contested nature of sexual identities and their politics; the evolution of television’s role as a socio-cultural force; and the interconnected relationship between the television industry, representation, and identity/experience.

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About the Author

Ron Becker is Associate Professor of Media and Culture at Miami University (OH) where he is also an affiliate of the Programs in American Studies and Women, Gender, & Sexuality. He is the author of Gay TV and Straight America (Rutgers University Press, 2006), which examines the rise of gay material on prime-time network programming during the 1990s in the context of post-network industry developments and gay rights politics. He is the co-editor of Saturday Night Live and American Television.

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