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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823364103321

Autore

Velázquez Vargas Yarma

Titolo

A queer eye for capitalism : the commodification of sexuality in American television / / by Yarma Velaquez Vargas

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, : Cambridge Scholars, 2010

ISBN

1-282-77660-6

9786612776601

1-4438-2301-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (129 p.)

Disciplina

791.45653

Soggetti

Gay men on television

Homosexuality on television

Reality television programs - United States - History and criticism

Television and gay people - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [107]-117) and index.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTORY NOTE; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; APPENDIX A; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

This study uses critical discourse analysis to conduct an examination of the reality television program Queer Eye. The goal is to help understand the manner in which the representations of queer culture in the show reinforce the binaries of sex, gender an