The new queer aesthetic on television : essays on recent programming / edited by James R. Keller and Leslie Stratyner.
Keller, James R., 1960-; Stratyner, Leslie.
2006
PN1992.8.H64 N49 2006 (Mapit)
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Title The new queer aesthetic on television : essays on recent programming / edited by James R. Keller and Leslie Stratyner.
ISBN 9780786423903 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0786423900 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Imprint Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c2006.
Language English
Description vi, 216 p. ; 23 cm.
Call Number PN1992.8.H64 N49 2006
Dewey Decimal Classification 791.45/653
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.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author Keller, James R., 1960-
Stratyner, Leslie.
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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.

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