Off the straight / & / narrow : lesbians, gays, bisexuals / & / television

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Date
1998
Main contributor
Sender, Katherine
Summary
Casts a critical eye over the growth of gay images on TV. Leading media scholars provide the historical and cultural context for exploring the social implications of these new representations. Challenges viewers to consider the value and limits of available gay images: who is represented, what they get to say, and how people respond to them.
Contributor
Griffith, C. A.
Publisher
Media Education Foundation
Genre
Documentary films
Subjects
Broadcasting, Communications; TV, Film; Broadcasting, Mass Media; Gender Studies; Sexual minorities on television; Homosexuality on television; Lesbianism on television; Gay men on television; Bisexuality on television
Locations
North America; United States; Massachusetts; Northampton
Collection
Films@UM
Unit
Distinctive Media Collections
Language
English
Rights Statement
In Copyright
Terms of Use
Access is restricted to patrons at the University of Maryland.
Physical Description
63 minutes; color
Notes
Films @ UM
Access
Access condition: campus-only.
Creation/Production Credits
Producer, director and editor, Katherine Sender. Interviewees: Richard Dyer, Larry Gross, Edward Alwood, Lisa Henderson, Marguerite Moritz, Sasha Torres, Charles Nero, John Erni. Narrator, C.A. Griffith.
Other Identifiers
Filename: lms-090510; Fedora 2 PID: umd:77983; Handle Identifier: hdl:1903.1/11226; Catalog Key: alephsys003884416; OCLC: ocn660034343

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