{"product_id":"alternate-channels-queer-images-on-20th-century-tv-revised-edition-9780997825497","title":"Alternate Channels: Queer Images on 20th-Century TV (revised edition)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAlternate Channels\u003c\/em\u003e explores the fight for lesbian and gay visibility on 20th-century American television, as gay activists faced off with powerful, often vicious \"traditional values\" crusaders, with TV executives caught in the crossfire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt documents countless programs, characters, and political skirmishes, examining lesbian and gay portrayals and the few pioneering depictions of bisexual and trans people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first edition was a semifinalist for what is now the Stonewall Book Award and has been widely used in universities. This revised edition, fact-checked from scratch, reinstates material that the original publisher cut and adds about 100 photos of TV shows from the early days to the year 2000.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author built this account of events from archival materials, a thousand broadcast recordings, and his interviews with showrunners, network and studio executives, and early activists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCapsuto, Steven:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Steven Capsuto began researching sexual-minority images on television in 1987 while volunteering with a lesbian and gay crisis hotline. Since 1990, he has given video-illustrated lectures in dozens of cities about televised LGBTQ portrayals. The first edition of his book Alternate Channels was a semifinalist for what is now the Stonewall Book Award. From the 1980s to 2000s, Steven oversaw the GLBT Library\/Archives of Philadelphia (first the library and later the archives). He has served as a historical consultant or researcher on documentaries such as After Stonewall, TV Revolution, and The Question of Equality, and for the 2020 documentary series Visible: Out on Television.","brand":"Steven Capsuto","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50437271322898,"sku":"9780997825497","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_bf10a2b7-a90e-4cbc-9f8d-494dd7572dc1.jpg?v=1729642268","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/alternate-channels-queer-images-on-20th-century-tv-revised-edition-9780997825497","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}