Normporn
Queer Viewers and the Tv That Soothes Us
New York, New York : New York University Press, [2023]
Format: Book
Description: viii, 203 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
"Revisiting soothing network dramedies like Parenthood, Gilmore Girls, This is Us, and their late-80s precursor, thirtysomething, with a detour into True Blood (the funhouse mirror to these normy worlds), Normporn mines the nuanced pleasures, and attraction-repulsion queer TV viewers experience through liberal family shows-the outlets for our "spontaneous overflow of basic feelings.""-- Provided by publisher.
Series: Postmillennial pop.
Subjects:
Television series -- United States -- History.
Television programs -- United States -- History.
Families on television.
Sentimentalism on television.
Social norms on television.
Queer theory.
Minority television viewers.
Television series -- United States -- History.
Television programs -- United States -- History.
Families on television.
Sentimentalism on television.
Social norms on television.
Queer theory.
Minority television viewers.
ISBN:
9781479846511
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
PERFORMING ARTS Television Ton | Main (Downtown) | Second Level, Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-191) and index.