Queering Mayberry

Queering Mayberry: An Exploration of Sexuality and Gender in the Andy Griffith Show reexamines the show through the frame of queer theory, offering a fresh perspective on its significance in the Southern Appalachians. It will be valuable to scholars and students in Appalachian studies, media studies, queer theory, and social history.

Autorentext

Matthew Thomas-Reid, Ph.D is Associate Professor in Leadership and Educational Studies and affiliate faculty with Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies at Appalachian State University. He began his career as a middle school social studies teacher, and his areas of research include Appalachian Studies, philosophy of education, cultural studies, and gender and sexuality.

Inhalt

1. Mayberry and Queer Ephemera 2. Barney: Portrait of the Queer Fool 3. Howard: The Boy Who Is Good to His Momma 4. Wild Men of the Hollar: Exploring Archetypes of the Appalachian 'Other' 5. Blurring Gender in the Hills: Old Maids, Eroticism and a Longing to be Seen 6. Opie's Queered Education 7. You Can't Go Home Again