Straightening out (the politics of) same-sex parenting: Representing gay families in US print news stories and photographs

Critical Studies in Media Communication

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 80-100

  Landau, Jamie ^a  

^a 110 Terrell Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Gays and Lesbians; Hegemony; Heteronormativity; Homosexuality; Mass Media; Visual Rhetoric

Indexed keywords

EID: 61349174545     PISSN: 15295036     EISSN: 14795809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15295030802684018     Document Type: Review

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