Off the straight & narrow : lesbians, gays, bisexuals & television /

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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Bibliographic Details
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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Table of Contents:

Intro
The early years: seen & not heard
Under the skin: the AIDS crisis
Saints, singles & celibates
Betwixt & between: representations of bisexuality
Dimensions of diversity: race & sexuality
The case of Ellen
Vital signs: gay images, queer readings
End credits.