Freaks talk back
tabloid talk shows and sexual nonconformity
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Author
Publication
1998 - University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois
Language
English
Word Count
72,000 words, Guess
Page Count
288 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL693323M
- ISBN-100226280640
- OCLC Control Number37688351
- OCLC Control Numberfreakstalkbackta00gams_0
- Library of Congress Control Number97040577
and 2 more
- LibraryThing76684
- Goodreads1769637
Classifications
- DDC791.45/6
- LCCPN1992.8.T3 G35 1998
Description
Using extensive interviews with talk show production staff and former guests, hundreds of transcripts, focus-group discussions with viewers, and his own experiences as a frequent studio audience member, Joshua Gamson brings to life the wild, paradoxical process through which stigmatized individuals become stars of tabloid television.
First Sentence
Let's begin here: talk shows are bad for you, so bad you could catch a cold.
Excerpt
Let's begin here: talk shows are bad for you, so bad you could catch a cold.
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- Freaks talk back: tabloid talk shows and sexual nonconformity
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