From "perverts" to "fab five" : the media's changing depiction of gay men and lesbians /
Streitmatter, Rodger,
From "perverts" to "fab five" : the media's changing depiction of gay men and lesbians / From "perverts" to "fab 5 Rodger Streitmatter. - vi, 222 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-216) and index.
"Perverts" on the Potomac : homosexuals enter the news arena -- Stonewall rebellion : reporting on an epic event -- The boys in the band : homosexuality comes to the big screen -- Soap : a gay man comes to TV land -- Aids enters the news : reporting on the "gay plague" -- AIDS becomes major news : "now no one is safe" -- Gays in the military : the debate over lifting the ban -- Fleeting images of lesbians : killing, kissing, being chic -- Philadelphia : "a quantum leap for gays on film" -- A new gay man in town : Hollywood shifts to positive stereotypes -- Ellen : coming out, on screen and off -- Will & Grace : the biggest gay hit in TV history -- Queer as folk : "an unvarnished treatment of gay life" -- Queer eye for the straight guy : the "fab five" as gay reality TV -- Notes on gay visibility vs. lesbian visibility -- The L word : lesbians move into the spotlight -- Same-sex marriage : a journalistic love fest -- Brokeback Mountain : "a breakthrough gay romance" -- Conclusion: From "perverts" to "fab five" : progress in three stages-- and waiting for a fourth.
0789036711 9780789036711 0789036703 9780789036704
2008024917
Gay men--Social conditions--United States
Lesbians--Social conditions--United States
Gay men in mass media
Lesbians in mass media
Gays in popular culture--United States
Mass media--United States
United States--Social conditions--1980-
HQ76.2.U5 / S87 2009
306.7660973
From "perverts" to "fab five" : the media's changing depiction of gay men and lesbians / From "perverts" to "fab 5 Rodger Streitmatter. - vi, 222 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-216) and index.
"Perverts" on the Potomac : homosexuals enter the news arena -- Stonewall rebellion : reporting on an epic event -- The boys in the band : homosexuality comes to the big screen -- Soap : a gay man comes to TV land -- Aids enters the news : reporting on the "gay plague" -- AIDS becomes major news : "now no one is safe" -- Gays in the military : the debate over lifting the ban -- Fleeting images of lesbians : killing, kissing, being chic -- Philadelphia : "a quantum leap for gays on film" -- A new gay man in town : Hollywood shifts to positive stereotypes -- Ellen : coming out, on screen and off -- Will & Grace : the biggest gay hit in TV history -- Queer as folk : "an unvarnished treatment of gay life" -- Queer eye for the straight guy : the "fab five" as gay reality TV -- Notes on gay visibility vs. lesbian visibility -- The L word : lesbians move into the spotlight -- Same-sex marriage : a journalistic love fest -- Brokeback Mountain : "a breakthrough gay romance" -- Conclusion: From "perverts" to "fab five" : progress in three stages-- and waiting for a fourth.
0789036711 9780789036711 0789036703 9780789036704
2008024917
Gay men--Social conditions--United States
Lesbians--Social conditions--United States
Gay men in mass media
Lesbians in mass media
Gays in popular culture--United States
Mass media--United States
United States--Social conditions--1980-
HQ76.2.U5 / S87 2009
306.7660973