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Author:
Tongson, Karen, author.
Title:
NORMPORN : QUEER VIEWERS AND THE TV THAT SOOTHES US / Karen Tongson.
Publisher:
New York University Press,
Copyright Date:
2023
Description:
pages cm.
Subject:
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.
Notes:
2023/11/07 Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"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 ; 1
ISBN:
1479846511
9781479846511
LCCN:
2023008439
Locations:
BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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