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Closures: Heterosexuality and the American Sitcom
By
Grace Lavery
Grace Lavery
Grace Lavery is a writer and academic who lives in Brooklyn, New York. She is the author of
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Duke University Press
Copyright:
This content is made freely available by the publisher. It may not be redistributed or altered. All rights reserved.
ISBN electronic:
978-1-4780-5913-4
Publication date:
2024
The first half of the book draws on examples from The Addams Family, The Brady Bunch, Family Matters, and other TV shows and films to explore the ways the structure of the sitcom has allowed for a capacious and yet constricted understanding of the family, one that can use queer figures like Alice (The Brady Bunch), Eddie (Leave It to Beaver), and Steve Urkel (Family Matters) to define its borders.
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