Gay TV and straight America / Ron Becker.
- Becker, Ron, 1969-
- Date:
- [2006], ©2006
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About this work
Also known as
Gay television and straight America
Publication/Creation
New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [2006], ©2006.
Physical description
x, 283 pages ; 23 cm
Series
Contents
Introduction: the importance of gay-themed tv -- Straight panic and American culture in the 1990s -- Thinking about gay people : civil rights and the confusion over sexual identity -- Network narrowcasting and the slumpy demographic -- The affordable, multicultural politics of gay chic -- Gay material and prime-time network television in the 1990s -- "We're not gay!" : heterosexuality and gay-themed programming -- Straight panic in the 2000s.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-270) and index.
Reproduction note
Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2010. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) Mode of access: Intranet.