Camp TV - Trans Gender Queer Sitcom History

Quinlan Miller is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Oregon.

List of contents

Acknowledgments  ix
Introduction. Trans Gender Queer: New Terms for TV History  1
1. Camp TV and Queer Gender: Sitcom History  27
2. Queer Gender and Bob Cummings: Hollywood Camp TV  55
3. Marriage Schmarriage: Sex and the Single Person  88
4. Trans Camp TV: Methods for Girl History  131
Conclusion. Around-the-Clock Queer Gender: Digital Camp TV  155
Notes  165
Bibliography  197
Index  211

About the author

Quinlan Miller is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Oregon.

Summary

Quinlan Miller reframes American television history by tracing a camp aesthetic and the common appearance of trans queer gender characters in both iconic and lesser known sitcoms throughout the 1950s and 1960s.

Product details

• Authors: Quinlan Miller
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2019
• EAN: 9781478001850
• ISBN: 978-1-4780-0185-0
• No. of pages: 232
• Series: Console-ing Passions; Console-ing Passions
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet