‘Send in the (gay) clowns’: Will & Grace and Modern Family as ‘sensibly queer’
Initial representation of sexual minorities reified gay lifestyle as synonymous with deviancy (Seidman 1996: 6), courtesy of news programmes or documentaries. Several depictions, whether comical or dramatic, led to an outcry from conservative and gay groups alike, protesting the stereotypical depic...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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University of the Free State
2013-12-01
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Series: | Acta Academica |
Online Access: | https://journals.ufs.ac.za/index.php/aa/article/view/1418 |