{"product_id":"closures-heterosexuality-and-the-american-sitcom-paperback","title":"Closures: Heterosexuality and the American Sitcom - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGrace Lavery\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eThe Mary Tyler Moore Show\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eArrested Development\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eBoJack Horseman\u003c\/i\u003e, the American sitcom revolves around crises that must be resolved by episode's end, with a new crisis to come next week. In \u003ci\u003eClosures\u003c\/i\u003e, Grace Lavery reconsiders the genre's seven-decade history as an endless cycle of crisis and closure that formally and representationally frames heterosexuality as constantly on the verge of both collapse and reconstitution. She shows that even the normiest family-based sitcoms rely on queer characters like Alice (\u003ci\u003eThe Brady Bunch\u003c\/i\u003e) and Steve Urkel (\u003ci\u003eFamily Matters\u003c\/i\u003e) who highlight how the family is perpetually incomplete and unstable. Analyzing the genre's techniques and devices such as the laugh track and the cringe pan, Lavery also charts the shift to friend-group and workplace sitcoms like \u003ci\u003eFriends\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Office\u003c\/i\u003e, which she contends reflect a weakening of social ties in ways that place characters in an unending state of becoming. With this capacious yet svelte queer and trans theorization of the sitcom, Lavery demonstrates that the family ties that bind the genre's normative heterosexuality are far more tenuous than we have been led to believe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrace Lavery is a writer and academic who lives in Brooklyn, New York. She is the author of \u003ci\u003ePleasure and Efficacy: Of Pen Names, Cover Versions, and Other Trans Techniques\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePlease Miss: A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Penis\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.27 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 27, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51749081940256,"sku":"9781478030140","price":38.81,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/1b2dcd88e84f142f8449324ac4f1f004.webp?v=1779924180","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/closures-heterosexuality-and-the-american-sitcom-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}