Up from Invisibility: Lesbians, Gay Men, and the Media in America
A half century ago gay men and lesbians were all but invisible in the media and, in turn, popular culture. With the lesbian and gay liberation movement came a profoundly new sense of homosexual community and empowerment and the emergence of gay people onto the media´s stage. And yet even as the mass media have been shifting the terms of our public conversation toward a greater acknowledgment of diversity, does the emerging "visibility" of gay men and women do justice to the complexity and...
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Gross traces the relation of lesbians and gays to the media and astutely points to the latter´s lingering inability to embrace the complex reality of gay identity. He notes the victories, like the opening of the first gay bookstore in the country or the transformation of The Advocate from a small newsletter to the first commercial gay p Publishers Weekly In this era of Ellen and Will and Grace, it's hard to remember that only half a century ago gays could not appear on screen unless they were killed or otherwise punished by the end of the film. Up from Invisibility: Lesbians, Gay Men, and the Media in America looks at the mass media's relationship to homosexuality from mid-century to the present day. Communications professor Larry Gross at the Annenberg School shows how Stonewall, the AIDS epidemic and the much-vaunted purchasing power of '90s "guppies" have influence the media representation of gays. ( Feb.) Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.
Preface1The Mediated Society12Coming out and Coming Together213Stonewall and Beyond404At the Movies565Television Takes Over816AIDS and the Media947Journalism's Closet Opens1108Breaking the Code of Silence1319Hollywood Under Pressure14310Hollywood's Gay Nineties15611Beyond Prime Time18412Morning Papers, Afternoon Soaps20813Old Stories and New Technologies22114A Niche of Our Own23315Facing the Future252Sources265Bibliography273Index289
\ Publishers WeeklyIn this era of Ellen and Will and Grace, it's hard to remember that only half a century ago gays could not appear on screen unless they were killed or otherwise punished by the end of the film. Up from Invisibility: Lesbians, Gay Men, and the Media in America looks at the mass media's relationship to homosexuality from mid-century to the present day. Communications professor Larry Gross at the Annenberg School shows how Stonewall, the AIDS epidemic and the much-vaunted purchasing power of '90s "guppies" have influence the media representation of gays. ( Feb.) Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.\ \ \ \ \ Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly\ In this era of Ellen and Will and Grace, it's hard to remember that only half a century ago gays could not appear on screen unless they were killed or otherwise punished by the end of the film. Up from Invisibility: Lesbians, Gay Men, and the Media in America looks at the mass media's relationship to homosexuality from mid-century to the present day. Communications professor Larry Gross at the Annenberg School shows how Stonewall, the AIDS epidemic and the much-vaunted purchasing power of '90s "guppies" have influence the media representation of gays. ( Feb.) Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.\ \ \ Library JournalCoverage of the Stonewall riot, the AIDS crisis, outing, and the media furor surrounding Ellen DeGeneres's coming out are just a few of the events touched on by Gross (communications, Univ. of Pennsylvania), coeditor of The Columbia Reader on Lesbians and Gay Men in Media, Society, and Politics. Gross considers how cultural, political, and commercial factors have influenced or been reflected in the portrayal of gay and lesbian people in the mass media during the last 50 years. In some cases, as in his extensive discussion of the New York Times, he observes how changes in key personnel can dramatically affect the coverage of gay and lesbian issues. Gross acknowledges progress from the time when gay characters could only be portrayed as victims or villains but also notes the continuing pervasiveness of stereotypes and the pressure to assimilate to the majority's norms in order to be represented. Filled with detailed examples, this scholarly study is engaging and readable. For all libraries. Debra Moore, Cerritos Coll., Norwalk, CA Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.\ \ \ \ \ Columbia Journalism ReviewA readable account of the gradual emergence of a gay-lesbian presence in news, entertainment, and advertising over the last fifty years.\ \ \ \ \ \ Journal of Mass Communication QuarterlyNot only adds to our understanding of the culture but also encompasses material from an impressive number of venues that should be, but often are not, included in a book about the media.\ \ \ \ \ \ Columbia Journalism ReviewA readable account of the gradual emergence of a gay-lesbian presence in news, entertainment, and advertising over the last fifty years.\ — James Boylan\ \ \ \ \ \ Journal of Mass Communication QuarterlyNot only adds to our understanding of the culture but also encompasses material from an impressive number of venues that should be, but often are not, included in a book about the media.\ — Roger Streitmatter, American University\ \ \
