The Queer Fantasies of the American Family Sitcom

The Queer Fantasies of the American Family Sitcom examines the evasive depictions of sexuality in domestic and family-friendly sitcoms. Tison Pugh charts the history of increasing sexual depiction in this genre while also unpacking how sitcoms use sexuality as a source of power, as a kind of camoufl...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Pugh, Tison, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press [2018]
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction: TV's Three Queer Fantasies
  • 1. The Queer Times of Leave It to Beaver: Beaver's Present, Ward's Past, and June's Future
  • 2. Queer Innocence and Kitsch Nostalgia in The Brady Bunch
  • 3. No Sex Please, We're African American: The Cosby Show's Queer Fear of Black Sexuality
  • 4. Feminism, Homosexuality, and Blue-Collar Perversity in Roseanne
  • 5. Allegory, Queer Authenticity, and Marketing Tween Sexuality in Hannah Montana
  • 6. Conservative Narratology, Queer Politics, and the Humor of Gay Stereotypes in Modern Family
  • Conclusion: Tolstoy Was Wrong; or, On the Queer Reception of Television's Happy Families
  • Acknowledgments
  • Television Programs
  • Notes
  • Works Cited
  • Index
  • About the Author