From "perverts" to "fab five" : the media's changing depiction of gay men and lesbians /
From the Publisher: From "Perverts" to "Fab Five" tracks the dramatic change in how the American media have depicted gay people over the last half-century. Each chapter illuminates a particular media product that served as a milestone on the media's journey from demonizing h...
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Table of Contents:
- List of figures
- Introduction
- 1: Perverts on the Potomac: homosexuals enter the news arena
- 2: Stonewall rebellion: reporting on an epic event
- 3: Boys in the band: homosexuality comes to the big screen
- 4: Soap: a gay man comes to TV land
- 5: AIDS enters the news: reporting on the "gay plague"
- 6: AIDS becomes major news: "now no one is safe"
- 7: Gays in the military: the debate over lifting the ban
- 8: Fleeting images of lesbians: killing, kissing, being chic
- 9: Philadelphia: "a quantum leap for gays on film"
- 10: New gay man in town: Hollywood shifts to positive stereotypes
- 11: Ellen: coming out, on screen and off
- 12: Will & Grace: the biggest gay hit in TV history
- 13: Queer as folk: "an unvarnished treatment of gay life"
- 14: Queer eye for the straight guy: the "fab five" as gay reality TV
- 15: Notes on gay visibility vs lesbian visibility
- 16: L word: lesbians move into the spotlight
- 17: Same-sex marriage: a journalistic love fest
- 18: Brokeback Mountain: "a breakthrough gay romance"
- Conclusion: From "perverts" to "fab five": progress in three stages-and waiting for a fourth
- Notes
- Index.