Queer Media Images: Lgbt Perspectives

ISBN-13: 9780739180280 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 210 str.

Theresa Carilli; Jane Campbell; Kimiko Akita

Opis

Queer Media Images: LGBT Perspectives presents 15 articles that address how the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered communities are depicted in the media. This collection of articles focuses on how the LGBT community has been silenced or given voice through the media. Through a study of queer media images, this book scrutinizes LGBT media representations and how these representations contribute to a dialogue about civil rights for this marginalized community. While the Communication discipline has been open to the LGBT community through the creation of caucuses at international, national, and regional conventions, there has been an absence of published research and a marginalizing or tokenizing of the queer voice. Through a study of media representations, this unique collection of essays provides a snapshot into the issues surrounding LGBT identity during a time when the Defense of Marriage Act is being called into question, exploring what it means to study or research images through a queer lens.