{"product_id":"the-queer-fantasies-of-the-american-family-sitcom-hardback-9780813591728","title":"The Queer Fantasies of the American Family Sitcom (Hardback) 9780813591728","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Queer Fantasies of the American Family Sitcom\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eTison Pugh (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780813591728\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 27 February 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e258 pages, 34 photographs\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.513 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"Enjoyable to read, creative, and well-argued,\u003ci\u003e The Queer Fantasies of the American Family Sitcom\u003c\/i\u003e reconsiders the political potential of the sitcom in this much-needed addition to the field.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Becca Cragin (Bowling Green State University) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/www.chronicle.com\/article\/Weekly-Book-List-March-23\/242849\"'\u003e\"Weekly Book List, March 23, 2018\"\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (Chronicle of Higher Education) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/newbooksnetwork.com\/tison-pugh-the-queer-fantasies-of-the-american-family-sitcom-rutgers-up-2018\/\"'\u003e\"New Books in Communications Studies,\" New Books Network podcast interview with Tison Pugh\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (New Books Network) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/www.chronicle.com\/article\/Transitions-Georgia-Institute\/246478\"'\u003e\"Transitions: Georgia Institute of Technology Selects New Chief, CUNY York College President to Step Down,\" compiled by Julia Piper\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (Chronicle of Higher Education)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2019 John Leo and Dana Heller Award for the Best Work in LGBTQ Studies from the PCA\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Queer Fantasies of the American Family Sitcom\u003c\/i\u003e examines the evasive depictions of sexuality in domestic and family-friendly sitcoms. Tison Pugh charts the history of increasing sexual depiction in this genre while also unpacking how sitcoms use sexuality as a source of power, as a kind of camouflage, and as a foundation for family building. The book examines how queerness, at first latent, became a vibrant yet continually conflicted part of the family-sitcom tradition. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Taking into account elements such as the casting of child actors, the use of and experimentation with plot traditions, the contradictory interpretive valences of comedy, and the subtle subversions of moral standards by writers and directors, Pugh points out how innocence and sexuality conflict on television. As older sitcoms often sit on a pedestal of nostalgia as representative of the Golden Age of the American Family, television history reveals a deeper, queerer vision of family bonds.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/d3tto5i5w9ogdd.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/17194132\/9780813591759.pdf\"'\u003eDownload open access ebook here.\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction: TV's Three Queer Fantasies\u003cbr\u003e 1. The Queer Times of \u003ci\u003eLeave It to Beaver:\u003c\/i\u003e Beaver's Present, Ward's Past, and June's Future\u003cbr\u003e 2. Queer Innocence and Kitsch Nostalgia in \u003ci\u003eThe Brady Bunch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 3. No Sex Please, We're African American: \u003ci\u003eThe Cosby Show's \u003c\/i\u003eQueer Fear of Black Sexuality\u003cbr\u003e 4. Feminism, Homosexuality, and Blue-Collar Perversity in \u003ci\u003eRoseanne\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 5. Allegory, Queer Authenticity, and Marketing Tween Sexuality in \u003ci\u003eHannah Montana\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 6. Conservative Narratology, Queer Politics, and the Humor of Gay Stereotypes in \u003ci\u003eModern Family\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: Tolstoy Was Wrong: or, On the Queer Reception of Television's Happy Families\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e List of Television Programs\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Works Cited\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52563723485464,"sku":"9780813591728","price":119.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-queer-fantasies-of-the-american-family-sitcom-hardback-9780813591728","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}