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.
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