{"product_id":"camp-tv-quinlan-miller-9781478001850","title":"Camp TV: Trans Gender Queer Sitcom History","description":"Sitcoms of the 1950s and 1960s are widely considered conformist in their depictions of gender roles and sexual attitudes. In \u003ci\u003eCamp TV\u003c\/i\u003e Quinlan Miller offers a new account of the history of American television that explains what campy meant in practical sitcom terms in shows as iconic as \u003ci\u003eThe Dick Van Dyke Show\u003c\/i\u003e as well as in more obscure fare, such as \u003ci\u003eThe Ugliest Girl in Town\u003c\/i\u003e. Situating his analysis within the era's shifts in the television industry and the coalescence of straightness and whiteness that came with the decline of vaudevillian camp, Miller shows how the sitcoms of this era overflowed with important queer representation and gender nonconformity. Whether through regular supporting performances (Ann B. Davis's Schultzy in \u003ci\u003eThe Bob Cummings Show\u003c\/i\u003e), guest appearances by Paul Lynde and Charles Nelson Reilly, or scripted dialogue and situations, industry processes of casting and production routinely esteemed a camp aesthetic that renders all gender expression queer. By charting this unexpected history, Miller offers new ways of exploring how supposedly repressive popular media incubated queer, genderqueer, and transgender representations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Quinlan Miller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1478001852\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781478001850\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Duke University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/06\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.10w x 0.80d","brand":"Quinlan Miller","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44410693615871,"sku":"9781478001850","price":102.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b8ae4224-9d1b-4533-af92-c8ff1940ad1f.jpg?v=1697537344","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/camp-tv-quinlan-miller-9781478001850","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}