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Casts a critical eye over the growth of gay images on TV. Leading media scholars provide the historical and cultural context for exploring the social implications of these new representations. Challenges viewers to consider the value and limits of available gay images: who is represented, what they...

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Corporate Author:	Media Education Foundation
Other Authors:	Griffith, C. A. (Narrator)
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	English
Published:	Northampton, MA : Media Education Foundation, ©2002.
Subjects:	Sexual minorities on television. Homosexuality on television. Bisexuality on television. Gay people. Lesbians. Bisexual people. Minorités sexuelles à la télévision. Homosexualité à la télévision. Bisexualité à la télévision. Personnes homosexuelles. Lesbiennes. Personnes bisexuelles. male homosexuality. Bisexuality on television Bisexual people Homosexuality on television Lesbians Sexual minorities on television Gay television Documentary videos. Feature films. Nonfiction films. DVD-Video discs. documentary film. Documentary films Feature films Documentary films. Documentaires.
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Summary:	Casts a critical eye over the growth of gay images on TV. Leading media scholars provide the historical and cultural context for exploring the social implications of these new representations. Challenges viewers to consider the value and limits of available gay images: who is represented, what they get to say, and how people respond to them.
Item Description:	Originally produced in 1998.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (63 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 index Also available in VHS format and streaming online.
Format:	DVD ; NTSC.
Production Credits:	Executive producer, Sut Jhally ; camera, Paul Dalpe, David Rabinovitz ; consultant, Larry Gross.
ISBN:	1893521648 9781893521643