Freaks talk back : tabloid talk shows and sexual nonconformity / Joshua Gamson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gamson, Joshua, 1962-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Television talk shows--United States.

Television talk shows.

Television talk shows--Social aspects--United States.

Sex on television.

Homosexuality on television.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (299 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Using extensive interviews, hundreds of transcripts, focus-group discussions with viewers, and his own experiences as an audience member, Joshua Gamson argues that talk shows give much-needed, high-impact public visibility to sexual nonconformists while also exacerbating all sorts of political tensions among those becoming visible. With wit and passion, Freaks Talk Back illuminates the joys, dilemmas, and practicalities of media visibility. "This entertaining, accessible, sobering discussion should make every viewer sit up and ponder the effects and possibilities of America's daily talk-fest with newly sharpened eyes."-Publishers Weekly "Bold, witty. . . . There's a lot of empirical work behind this deceptively easy read, then, and it allows for the most sophisticated and complex analysis of talk shows yet."-Elayne Rapping, Women's Review of Books "Funny, well-researched, fully theorized. . . . Engaged and humane scholarship. . . . A pretty inspiring example of what talking back to the mass media can be."-Jesse Berrett, Village Voice "An extraordinarily well-researched volume, one of the most comprehensive studies of popular media to appear in this decade."-James Ledbetter, Newsday

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

1. WHY I LOVE TRASH

2. THE MONSTER WITH TWO HEADS

3. TRUTHS TOLD IN LIES

4. SITTING DUCKS AND FORBIDDEN FRUITS

5. I WANT TO BE MISS UNDERSTOOD

6. FLAUNTING IT

7.THE TIGHT ROPE OF VISIBILITY

Appendix: Methods

Notes

Works Cited

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-276) and index.

ISBN:

9786612504211

9781282504219

1282504215

9780226280639

0226280632

OCLC:

609855199