TY  - GEN
T1  - The generic closet : Black gayness and the Black-cast sitcom
A1  - Martin, Alfred L., Jr
LA  - English
PP  - Bloomington, Indiana
PB  - Indiana University Press
YR  - 2021
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_on1229931331
AB  - Even after a rise in gay and Black representation and production on TV in the 1990s, the sitcom became a "generic closet," restricting Black gay characters with narrative tropes. Drawing from 20 interviews with credited episode writers, key show-runners, and Black gay men, The Generic Closet situates Black-cast sitcoms as a unique genre that uses Black gay characters in service of the series' heterosexual main cast. Alfred L. Martin, Jr., argues that the Black community is considered to be antigay due to misrepresentation by shows that aired during the family viewing hour and that were written for the imagined, "traditional" Black family. Martin considers audience reception, industrial production practices, and authorship to unpack the claim that Black gay characters are written into Black-cast sitcoms such as Moesha, Good News, and Let's Stay Together in order to closet Black gayness. By exploring how systems of power produce ideologies about Black gayness, The Generic Closet deconstructs the concept of a monolithic Black audience and investigates whether this generic closet still exists
OP  - 226
CN  - HQ76.27.A37 M37 2021
SN  - 9780253054609
SN  - 0253054605
SN  - 9780253054586
SN  - 0253054583
SN  - 9780253054593
SN  - 0253054591
KW  - African Americans on television.
KW  - Homosexuality on television.
KW  - African American gay men : Identity.
KW  - Situation comedies (Television programs)
KW  - Noirs américains à la télévision.
KW  - Homosexualité à la télévision.
KW  - Comédies de situation.
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE : Gender Studies.
KW  - Homosexuality on television
KW  - African Americans on television
KW  - African American gay men : Identity
KW  - African American LGBTQ+ people.
KW  - Electronic books.
ER  -