Will & Grace: Negotiating (Gay) Marriage on Prime-Time Television

Quimby examines the topic that the gay sitcom Will & Grace attempts to negotiate. The sitcom has not yet directly addressed the issue of gay marriage, but the show's construction of the relationship between its title characters reveals the pressure that the gay marriage issue has brought to...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of popular culture 2005-05, Vol.38 (4), p.713-731
1. Verfasser:	Quimby, Karin
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adulthood. Marriage Comedy Cultural studies Ethnology Family. Family relations Homosexuality Life cycle an individual status Marriage Negotiation Popular culture Same sex marriage Sex, gender, sexuality Social structure and social relations Television Television programs Warner, Michael
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Zusammenfassung:	Quimby examines the topic that the gay sitcom Will & Grace attempts to negotiate. The sitcom has not yet directly addressed the issue of gay marriage, but the show's construction of the relationship between its title characters reveals the pressure that the gay marriage issue has brought to bear on the "definition" of marriage, which is currently under hot debate in living rooms and rooms of Congress alike.
ISSN:	0022-3840 1540-5931
DOI:	10.1111/j.0022-3840.2005.00137.x