The generic closet : Black gayness and the Black-cast sitcom /
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 Clos...
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Bloomington, Indiana :
Indiana University Press
[2021]
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| Mynediad Ar-lein: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv1d5nm71 |
Tabl Cynhwysion:
- Introduction: Television in Black and gay
- Building and rebuilding generic closets within the Black-cast sitcom industry
- Scripting the generic closet in the writers' room
- Comedy, laughter, and the generic closet
- Black queens speak : the generic closet, Black-cast sitcoms, and reception practices
- Conclusion: Trapped in the black-cast sitcom's generic closet
- Appendix A: List of Black-cast sitcoms with Black gay characters
- Appendix B: Interview script for Black-cast sitcom viewers
- Appendix C: Interview script for industry professionals.