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Further off the straight & narrow : new gay visibility on television 1998-2006 / producer, director and editor, Katherine Sender.

Format Video (DVD)
Publication InfoNorthampton, MA : Media Education Foundation, ©2006.
Description1 videodisc (61 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject(s)
DVD-Video discs.
Homosexuality on television.
Gay people
Lesbians.
Bisexual people
Transsexuals.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Other author/creatorSender, Katherine.
Other author/creatorBuford, Howard.
Other author/creatorGross, Larry P., 1942-
Other author/creatorGamson, Joshua.
Other author/creatorHenderson, Lisa Helen.
Other author/creatorWalters, Suzanna Danuta.
Other author/creatorMedia Education Foundation.
Variant title Further off the straight and narrow
Portion of title New gay visibility on television 1998-2006
Contents Introduction -- Going mainstream : network narratives -- Mighty real: gays and lesbians in non-fiction TV -- A piece of the pie: segmenting audiences -- GLBT: new transgender visibility -- Here & Queer: gay television in context.
Abstract Surveys network dramas, sitcoms, reality shows, and premium cable programming to show how the portrayal of GLBT characters is often marked by ambivalence and tension. The film cautions that the images and stories portrayed continue to be shaped by narrow commercial imperatives.
Performer Narrator: Renai Ellison ; interviewees: Howard Buford, Joshua Gamson, Larry Gross, Lisa Henderson, Katherine Sender, Suzanna Danuta Walters.
Technical detailsDVD.
LanguageClosed captioned.
ISBN1932869085

Available Items

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Joyner Compact DVDs PN1992.8.H64 F87 2006 DVD ✔ Available Place Hold
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