LGBTQ Visibility, Media and Sexuality in Ireland

This book traces the turbulent history of queer visibility in the Irish media to explore the processes by which a regionally based media system shaped queer identities within a highly conservative and religious population.

Autorentext

Páraic Kerrigan is a Teaching Fellow with the School of Information and Communication Studies at University College Dublin. His research pertains to the dynamics of diversity in media industries, specifically centred around Ireland's LGBT community.

Inhalt

1. Queer Visibility, Media and Sexuality in Ireland; 2. Respectably Gay? Gay Male Visibility on Current Affairs Television (1974-1980); 3. Fifty Shades of Gay: Lesbian and Gay Visibility on The Late Late Show (1980-1989); 4. AIDS and the Disruption of Queer Visibility (1983-1994); 5. Coitus Interruptus: Queer Visibility on the Sitcom and Soap Opera (1995-1998); 6. Queer Visibility, Television Drama and the Celtic Tiger (1999-2007); Conclusion: Queer Visibility Beyond Marriage Equality and Leo Varadkar