The generic closet : black gayness and the black-cast sitcom / / Alfred L. Martin, Jr
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| Autore: |
Martin Alfred L., Jr.
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| Titolo: |
The generic closet : black gayness and the black-cast sitcom / / Alfred L. Martin, Jr
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| Pubblicazione: | Bloomington, Indiana : , : Indiana University Press, , [2021] |
| ©2021 | |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xii, 226 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina: | 016.403 |
| Soggetto topico: | African Americans on television |
| Homosexuality on television | |
| African American gay men - Identity | |
| Situation comedies (Television programs) | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Introduction: Television in Black and gay -- Building and rebuilding generic closets within the Black-cast sitcom industry -- Scripting the generic closet in the writers' room -- Comedy, laughter, and the generic closet -- Black queens speak : the generic closet, Black-cast sitcoms, and reception practices -- Conclusion: Trapped in the black-cast sitcom's generic closet -- Appendix A: List of Black-cast sitcoms with Black gay characters -- Appendix B: Interview script for Black-cast sitcom viewers -- Appendix C: Interview script for industry professionals. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | By exploring how systems of power produce ideologies about Black gayness, The Generic Closet deconstructs the concept of a monolithic Black audience and investigates whether this generic closet still exists. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The generic closet |
| ISBN: | 0-253-05459-1 |
| 0-253-05460-5 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910794452303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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