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From "perverts" to "fab five" : the media's changing depiction of gay men and lesbians / Rodger Streitmatter.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Routledge, 2009Description: vi, 222 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0789036711
  • 9780789036711
  • 0789036703
  • 9780789036704
Other title:
  • From "perverts" to "fab 5
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.7660973 22
LOC classification:
  • HQ76.2.U5 S87 2009
Contents:
"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.
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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.

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