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Media Queered: Visibility and Its Discontents
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July 1, 2008
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Barnhurst, Kevin. Media Queered: Visibility and Its Discontents. New York: Peter Lang Publishing, 2007. 298 pp. $32.95.
As an interesting collection of articles on modern portrayals of gays in the media, Media Queered has a lot of strengths. However, as a definitive history of this phenomenon, it falls short.
While the book's strength is not its historical content, as a cultural commentary it does make a contribution. Media Queered features articles from many of the major scholars in the mass communication field who have written on gay-related themes, including Larry Gross, Meg Moritz, Ed Alwood, and John Emilio. The work of these scholars should be brought together in one collection, and ...
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