"Television conveys powerful messages about sexual identities, and popular shows such as Will & Grace, Ellen, Glee, Modern Family, and The Fosters are often credited with building support for gay rights, including marriage equality. At the same time, however, many dismiss TV's portraya...

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1. Verfasser:	Himberg, Julia (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Austin University of Texas Press 2018
Ausgabe:	First edition
Schlagworte:	Homosexuality on television Television and gays > United States Homosexuality and television > United States Gender identity on television Television programs > Social aspects > United States Television programs > Political aspects > United States
Zusammenfassung:	"Television conveys powerful messages about sexual identities, and popular shows such as Will & Grace, Ellen, Glee, Modern Family, and The Fosters are often credited with building support for gay rights, including marriage equality. At the same time, however, many dismiss TV's portrayal of LGBT characters and issues as "gay for pay"-that is, apolitical and exploitative programming created simply for profit. In The New Gay for Pay, Julia Himberg moves beyond both of these positions to investigate the complex and multifaceted ways that television production participates in constructing sexuality, sexual identities and communities, and sexual politics." - Verlag "Himberg examines the production stories behind explicitly LGBT narratives and characters, studying how industry workers themselves negotiate processes of TV development, production, marketing, and distribution. She interviews workers whose views are rarely heard, including market researchers, public relations experts, media advocacy workers, political campaigners designing strategies for TV messaging, and corporate social responsibility department officers, as well as network executives and producers. Thoroughly analyzing their comments in the light of four key issues-visibility, advocacy, diversity, and equality-Himberg reveals how the practices and belief systems of industry workers generate the conceptions of LGBT sexuality and political change that are portrayed on television. This original approach complicates and broadens our notions about who makes media; how those practitioners operate within media conglomerates; and, perhaps most important, how they contribute to commonsense ideas about sexuality." - Verlag
Beschreibung:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-177) and index
Beschreibung:	xii, 189 Seiten 24 cm
ISBN:	9781477313602 9781477313596