FREAKS TALK BACK by Joshua Gamson ( 9780226280646 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

FREAKS TALK BACK
TABLOID TALK SHOWS AND SEXUAL NONCONFORMITY

By:

Joshua Gamson

Format:

Hardback

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£80.00

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£72.00

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£8.00

ISBN 10:

0226280640

ISBN 13:

9780226280646

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Publisher:

THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS

Pub. date:

13 May, 1998

Edition:

2nd ed.

Pages:

296

Description:

Are talk shows turning everything they touch into freak shows? This book claims that the socially deviant may be featured on-air for ridicule in the public eye, but the result is empowerment through exploitation. The book illuminates the dilemmas and practicalities of media visibility.

Synopsis:

People talk so much about the bizarre that it quickly becomes routine. As the talk show circuit becomes increasingly obsessed with sexual nonconformists, many wonder if this form of representation isn't simply exploitation. This book claims that in a sense, talk shows turn everything they touch into "freak shows". But what happens when the freaks talk back? The book argues that from talk shows' lies and sensationalism emerge certain truths. The socially deviant may be featured on-air for ridicule in the public eye, but the result is empowerment through exploitation. The book illuminates the dilemmas and practicalities of media visibility.

Illustrations:

9 halftones

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Imprint:

University of Chicago Press

Prizes:

Winner of Society for Cinema Studies Katherine S. Kovacs Book Award 1999

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Returnable

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