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Freaks Talk Back: Tabloid Talk Shows and Sexual Nonconformity

Joshua Gamson

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Description: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.OCo"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.OCoElayne 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.OCoJesse Berrett, "Village Voice" An extraordinarily well-researched volume, one of the most comprehensive studies of popular media to appear in this decade.OCoJames Ledbetter, "Newsday""We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Freaks Talk Back: Tabloid Talk Shows and Sexual Nonconformity. To get started finding Freaks Talk Back: Tabloid Talk Shows and Sexual Nonconformity, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 299

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Not Avail

Release: 2014

ISBN: 0226280632

Description: 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.OCo"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.OCoElayne 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.OCoJesse Berrett, "Village Voice" An extraordinarily well-researched volume, one of the most comprehensive studies of popular media to appear in this decade.OCoJames Ledbetter, "Newsday""We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Freaks Talk Back: Tabloid Talk Shows and Sexual Nonconformity. To get started finding Freaks Talk Back: Tabloid Talk Shows and Sexual Nonconformity, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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