Mainstreaming Gays: Critical Convergences of Queer Media, Fan Cultures, and Commercial Television

By: Eve Ng

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Synopsis: Mainstreaming Gays discusses a key transitional period linking the eras of legacy and streaming, analyzing how queer production and interaction that had earlier occurred outside the mainstream was transformed by multiple converging trends: the emergence of digital media, the rising influence of fan cultures, and increasing interest in LGBTQ content within commercial media. The U.S. networks Bravo and Logo broke new ground in the early 2000s and 2010s with their channel programming, as well as bringing in a new cohort of LGBTQ digital content creators, providing unprecedented opportunities for independent queer producers, and hosting distinctive spaces for queer interaction online centered on pop culture and politics rather than dating. These developments constituted the ground from which recent developments for LGBTQ content and queer sociality online have emerged. Mainstreaming Gays is critical reading for those interested in media production, fandom, subcultures, and LGBTQ digital media.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 224 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781978831339
Related ISBNs:: 9781978831353, 9781978831346
Publisher:: Rutgers University Press
Date of Addition:: 09/15/23
Copyrighted By:: Eve Ng
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Computers and Internet, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender, Social Studies, Sociology
Grade Levels:: College Freshman
Reading Age:: 18 and up
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.

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