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Making Out in the Mainstream
Vincent Doyle
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Description for Making Out in the Mainstream
Hardback. A behind-the-scenes look at the challenges of LGBT media activism during a period of rapid societal change. Num Pages: 316 pages. BIC Classification: JFSK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 635.
Making Out in the Mainstream is the first full-length study of LGBT media activism, revealing the daily struggle to reconcile economic and professional pressures with conflicting personal, organizational, and political priorities. Documenting the rise and evolution of the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), Vincent Doyle presents a nuanced perspective on the complexity, contradictions, and ambivalences of advancing social causes through popular media. Based on participant observation, in-depth interviews, and archival research carried out at GLAAD's New York and Los Angeles offices from 2000 to 2001, Making Out in the Mainstream analyzes the GLAAD Media Awards and the organization's ... Read more
Making Out in the Mainstream is the first full-length study of LGBT media activism, revealing the daily struggle to reconcile economic and professional pressures with conflicting personal, organizational, and political priorities. Documenting the rise and evolution of the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), Vincent Doyle presents a nuanced perspective on the complexity, contradictions, and ambivalences of advancing social causes through popular media. Based on participant observation, in-depth interviews, and archival research carried out at GLAAD's New York and Los Angeles offices from 2000 to 2001, Making Out in the Mainstream analyzes the GLAAD Media Awards and the organization's ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
Number of Pages
316
Place of Publication
Montreal, Canada
ISBN
9780773546783
SKU
V9780773546783
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About Vincent Doyle
Vincent Doyle is assistant professor of media and cultural studies at IE University.
Reviews for Making Out in the Mainstream
"Making Out in the Mainstream is an important and valuable book that makes a notable contribution to our knowledge of media activism and to the history of the LGBT movement at a time of rapid societal change." - Larry Gross, University of Southern California "There are few groups so prominent in the LGBT mainstream as the Gay and Lesbian Alliance ... Read more