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Will & Grace in its historical context of the late 1990s and early 2000s, considering how it contributed to contemporary debates concerning queer life. Tison Pugh demonstrates that while heralding a new age of queer representation, characters were homogenized to normalize queerness for a mainstream US audience.
Trade ReviewWill & Grace is a thorough overview of the cultural tensions inherent in gay representation in the ’90s sitcom and in the revival. It is refreshingly open to the possibilities of visual and performative queerness that persist in the series, despite the cultural and generic constraints it faced." - Becca Cragin, Department of Popular Culture, Bowling Green State University
"As the twentieth century recedes in the rearview mirror, it becomes difficult to convey the impact of past media milestones in shaping the present. Pugh provides an insightful, comprehensive, and nuanced account that will ensure that the importance of
Will & Grace is understood and remembered." - Larry Gross, author of
Up from Invisibility: Lesbians, Gay Men, and the Media in America"Pugh persuasively proves that Will & Grace deserves its reputation as a classic sitcom and a milestone for LGBTQ+ representation." -
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