Gay TV and straight America /
Gay television and straight America
Ron Becker.
- x, 283 pages; 24 cm.
Introduction: the importance of gay-themed tv -- Straight panic and American culture in the 1990s -- Thinking about gay people : civil rights and the confusion over sexual identity -- Network narrowcasting and the slumpy demographic -- The affordable, multicultural politics of gay chic -- Gay material and prime-time network television in the 1990s -- "We're not gay!" : heterosexuality and gay-themed programming -- Straight panic in the 2000s.
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Homosexuality on television Homosexuality -- Public opinion.-- United States Public opinion