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Leaving the Closet : Coming Experiences of Queer Chicanas and Latinas and Their Representation in Television

Creator:

Crocker, Melissa R.

Abstract:

In the contemporary United States, the process of "coming out of the closet," or public disclosure of one's non-normative sexual orientation or gender identity, is ongoing and performative. Particularly within the context of dominant contemporary U.S. society, popular media favors a hegemonic set of defining characteristics, which thereby forces the...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis

Full Text:

media favors a hegemonic set of defining characteristics, which thereby forces the exclusion of non