TY - BOOK ID - 46203409 TI - The Pedagogy of Queer TV PY - 2019 SN - 3030148726 3030148718 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, DB - UniCat KW - Homosexuality and television. KW - Television and homosexuality KW - Television KW - Motion pictures and television. KW - Queer theory. KW - United States—Study and teaching. KW - Screen Studies. KW - Queer Theory. KW - American Culture. KW - Gender identity KW - Moving-pictures and television KW - Television and motion pictures UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:46203409 AB - This book examines queer characters in popular American television, demonstrating how entertainment can educate audiences about LGBT identities and social issues like homophobia and transphobia. Through case studies of musical soap operas (Glee and Empire), reality shows (RuPaul’s Drag Race, The Prancing Elites Project and I Am Cait) and “quality” dramas (Looking, Transparent and Sense8), it argues that entertainment elements such as music, humour, storytelling and melodrama function as pedagogical tools, inviting viewers to empathise with and understand queer characters. Each chapter focuses on a particular programme, looking at what it teaches—its representation of queerness—and how it teaches this—its pedagogy. Situating the programmes in their broader historical context, this study also shows how these televisual texts exemplify a specific moment in American television. ER -