Publicity traps: Television talk shows and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender visibility

Sexualities

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 11-41

  Gamson, Joshua ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Class; Talk shows; Television; Visibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007208014     PISSN: 13634607     EISSN: 14617382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/136346098001001002     Document Type: Article

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