Normporn: Queer Viewers And The Tv That Soothes Us (Postmillennial Pop)

Revisiting soothing network dramedies like Parenthood, Gilmore Girls, This is Us, and their late-80s precursor, thirtysomething, with a detour into True Blood (the funhouse mirror to these normy worlds), Normporn mines the nuanced pleasures, and attraction-repulsion queer TV viewers experience through liberal family shows-the outlets for our spontaneous overflow of basic feelings.""--

• • Author: Karen Tongson
• • Publisher: Nyu Press
• • Publication Date: Nov 07, 2023
• • Number of Pages: 216 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Hardcover
• • ISBN-10: 1479841927
• • ISBN-13: 9781479841929