Camp TV: Trans Gender Queer Sitcom History

by Quinlan Miller

Book Overview

Sitcoms of the 1950s and 1960s are widely considered conformist in their depictions of gender roles and sexual attitudes. In Camp TV Quinlan Miller offers a new account of the history of American television that explains what campy meant in practical sitcom terms in shows as iconic as The Dick Van Dyke Show as well as in more obscure fare, such as The Ugliest Girl in Town. Situating his analysis within the era's shifts in the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1478003030
• ISBN13: 9781478003038
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"