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Sex, lies and politics : gay politicians in the press / Donna Smith.
Van Pelt Library PN5124.P6 S55 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Smith, Donna, 1981-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gay legislators--Press coverage--Great Britain.
- Gay legislators.
- Gay politicians--Press coverage--Great Britain.
- Gay politicians.
- Press and politics--Great Britain--History.
- Press and politics.
- Homosexuality--Political aspects--Press coverage--Great Britain.
- Homosexuality.
- Homosexuality--Political aspects.
- Press coverage.
- History.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 239 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Eastbourne ; Portland, Or. : Sussex Academic Press, 2012.
- Summary:
- As elsewhere, newspapers in the UK have glommed onto scandals involving gay politicians, but someone who is openly gay tends to be characterized less negatively than one caught in such a scandal who denies being gay. Following discussion of the boundaries between private/public spheres (if any), and case studies of press coverage historically, Smith (politics and social sciences, Open U.) applies interconnected frames to recent representations of 'out' members of Parliament in UK newspapers: the move toward recognition for such marginalized groups, changing acceptability over time, and mediated personas in constructed reality. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Contents:
- Introduction
- The press, the personal and news values
- Issues of public and private
- Unifying key themes
- Histories of homosexuality: definition and discrimination
- Private lives, public consequences: representation pre-1980
- Immoral sexuality, moralistic press coverage: representation 1980-1990
- Histories of homosexuality: the (slow) advancement of gay equality
- Scurrilous politicians, scandalous stories: representation 1990-1997
- Public life, public pressures: representation post-1997.
- Notes:
- A study of how gay MPs in the UK are represented in newspapers.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781845194567
- 184519456X
- OCLC:
- 676727184
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