Freaks talk back tabloid talk shows and sexual nonconformity - Gamson, Joshua (University of Chicago Press, 1998)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-276) and index
Using extensive interviews with talk show production staff and former guests, hundreds of transcripts, focus-group discussions with viewers, and his own experiences as a frequent studio audience member, Joshua Gamson brings to life the wild, paradoxical process through which stigmatized individuals become stars of tabloid television