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Up from invisibility, lesbians, gay men, and the media in America, Larry Gross

Label
Up from invisibility, lesbians, gay men, and the media in America, Larry Gross
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-288) and index
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Up from invisibility
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
47200444
Responsibility statement
Larry Gross
Series statement
Between men--between women
Sub title
lesbians, gay men, and the media in America
Table Of Contents
The mediated society. Mass media and American society ; Television as the mainstream ; Sexual minorities and the media ; Subversion and resistance. -- Coming out and coming together. The homosexual in midcentury America ; Giving voice to the voiceless ; Provoking concern ; The voice gets louder ; Coming out in the nation's living rooms. -- Stonewall and beyond. "Homo nest raided, queen bees stinging mad" ; "Turning their condition into politics" ; Expressing outrage ; Talking back to the media. -- At the movies. "A queer feeling every time I look at you" ; "Show me a happy homosexual and I'll show you a gay corpse" ; Friedkin delivers gay corpses ; Getting the word out ; Gay films for straight audiences ; Universal or particular? -- Television takes over. New medium, old message ; No sex, please, we're queer. -- AIDS and the media. Rumors of a "gay cancer" ; Circling the wagons ; Natural squeamishness ; Media activism in a crisisJournalism's closet opens. Burying and marrying ; All the news not fit to print ; The gray lady goes gay ; Coming out in the newsroom. -- Breaking the code of silence. Naming names ; Outing the Pentagon ; Kinda ask, sorta tell. -- Hollywood under pressure. AIDS victims and villains ; A kinder, gentler Hollywood ; Queering the "straight" text. -- Hollywood's gay nineties. "I feel pretty and witty and ... Hey!" ; Still villainous after all these years ; Sad young men ; Some of my best friends are celibate. -- Beyond prime time. Adam and Steve and Phil and Oprah ; The tongue-tied public square ; Getting over the rainbow ; Locker-room closets. -- Morning papers, afternoons soaps. Coming out in the comics ; You're the first person I have told. -- Old stories and new technologies. The good parts ; Somewhere there's a place for us. -- A niche of our own. Movement to market ; Are we being served? -- Facing the future. Visibility and its discontents ; Looking backward