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Are talk shows turning everything they touch into freak shows? This book claims that the socially deviant may be featured on-air for ridicule in the public eye, but the result is empowerment through exploitation. The book illuminates the dilemmas and practicalities of media visibility.

Freaks Talk Back Tabloid Talk Shows and Sexual

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      Publisher The University of Chicago Press
      Published 15 May 1999
      ISBN-13 9780226280653
      978-0226280653
      ISBN-10 0226280659
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      Television LGBTQIA+ Studies / topics

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Are talk shows turning everything they touch into freak shows? This book claims that the socially deviant may be featured on-air for ridicule in the public eye, but the result is empowerment through exploitation. The book illuminates the dilemmas and practicalities of media visibility.

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