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Freaks talk back [electronic resource] : tabloid talk shows and sexual nonconformity / Joshua Gamson.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c1998.Description: 1 online resource (x, 288 p.) : illISBN:
  • 9780226280639 (electronic bk.)
  • 0226280632 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Freaks talk back.DDC classification:
  • 791.45/6 22
LOC classification:
  • PN1992.8.T3 G35 1998eb
Online resources: Summary: 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.
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ელ.რესურსი ელ.რესურსი ეროვნული სამეცნიერო ბიბლიოთეკა 1 Link to resource Available

Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-276) and index.

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.

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