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\r\n\r\nSet against the Clinton years and the clash between gay political power and anti-gay activism, All the Rage examines the new gay visibility, from Ellen DeGeneres coming out to the murder of Matthew Shepard. Lesbians and gay men now appear everywhere, from sitcoms and beer ads to the White House, but Suzanna Danuta Walters argues that gays are seen without necessarily being known. Combining personal stories and analysis, from lesbian weddings on Friends to Will & Grace and Dr. Laura, she shows how gay people are cast both as a sign of social decay and as the chic flavor of the month, and warns against equating visibility with full integration.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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Title: <\/strong>\u00a0All the Rage<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Author: <\/strong>\u00a0Suzanna Danuta Walters<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
ISBN: <\/strong>\u00a09780226872322<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Subtitle: <\/strong>\u00a0The Story of Gay Visibility in America<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Genre: <\/strong>\u00a0Film and Television; LGBT Studies\/Social Sciences; Popular Culture<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Subject(s): <\/strong>\u00a0Arts & Entertainment – Gay & Lesbian Studies; Business & the Workplace – Gay & Lesbian Studies; Consumer Behavior; General & Miscellaneous Gay & Lesbian Studies; Peoples & Cultures in Film; Popular Culture – General & Miscellaneous; Television Broadcastin<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Publication Date: <\/strong>\u00a02003-09-01<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Original Publication Date: <\/strong>\u00a0<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Publisher: <\/strong>\u00a0University of Chicago Press<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Language: <\/strong>\u00a0English<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Format: <\/strong>\u00a0Paperback<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Pages: <\/strong>\u00a0338<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Rating: <\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Notes: <\/strong>\u00a0Lambda Literary Award finalist, LGBT Studies (2002). First published in hardcover, 2001.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Book_ID: <\/strong>\u00a0119031<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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