The aesthetic power of the fab 5: Discursive themes of homonormativity in queer eye for the straight guy

Journal of Communication Inquiry

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 348-367

  Papacharissi, Zizi ^a,c   Fernback, Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MC132 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Gay stereotypes; Habitus; Homonormativity; Makeover shows; Reality television

Indexed keywords

EID: 61049219360     PISSN: 01968599     EISSN: 15524612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0196859908320301     Document Type: Article

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