Freaks talk back
Subtitle: tabloid talk shows and sexual nonconformity
By: Joshua Gamson.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
Subjects: Talk shows -- United States; Talk shows -- Social aspects -- United States; Sex on television; Homosexuality on television
Description: Using extensive interviews with talk show production staff and former guests, hundreds of transcripts, focus-group discussions with viewers, and his own experiences as a frequent studio audience member, Joshua Gamson brings to life the wild, paradoxical process through which stigmatized individuals become stars of tabloid television.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-276) and index.