From Perverts to Fab Five: The Media's Changing Depiction of Gay Men and Lesbians

by Rodger Streitmatter

Book Overview

From "Perverts" to "Fab Five" tracks the dramatic change in how the American media have depicted gay people over the last half-century. Each chapter illuminates a particular media product that served as a milestone on the media's journey from demonizing homosexuals some fifty years ago to celebrating gay people--or at least some categories of gay people--today.

The media, Streitmatter argues, have not merely reflected...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0789036711
• ISBN13: 9780789036711
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 8.9"