The Queer Fantasies of the American Family Sitcom

by Tison Pugh

Book Overview

Winner of the 2019 John Leo and Dana Heller Award for the Best Work in LGBTQ Studies from the PCA

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 camouflage, and as a foundation for family...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813591716
• ISBN13: 9780813591711
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.8" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher