{"product_id":"the-queer-fantasies-of-the-tison-pugh-9780813591711","title":"The Queer Fantasies of the American Family Sitcom","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2019 John Leo and Dana Heller Award for the Best Work in LGBTQ Studies from the PCA\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDownload open access ebook here.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tison Pugh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813591716\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813591711\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rutgers University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/27\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 258\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.78lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.23h x 7.78w x 0.58d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2018","brand":"Tison Pugh","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49096749252863,"sku":"9780813591711","price":38.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-queer-fantasies-of-the-tison-pugh-9780813591711","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}