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The Generic Closet : Black Gayness and the Black-Cast Sitcom.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Martin, Alfred L., Jr.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African American gay men--Identity.
- African American gay men.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (242 pages)
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2021.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Television in Black and Gay
- 1. Building and Rebuilding Generic Closets with in the Black-Cast Sitcom Industry
- 2. Scripting the Generic Closet in the Writers' Room
- 3. Comedy, Laughter, and the Generic Closet
- 4. Black Queens Speak: The Generic Closet, Black-Cast Sitcoms, and Reception Practices
- Conclusion: Trapped in the Black-Cast Sitcom's Generic Closet
- Appendix A. List of Black-Cast Sitcoms with Black Gay Characters
- Appendix B. Interview Script for Black-Cast Sitcom Viewers
- Appendix C. Interview Script for Industry Professionals
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Martin, Alfred L., Jr. The Generic Closet
- ISBN:
- 0253054605
- 9780253054609
- Publisher Number:
- 40030462662
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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