Parkes, Geoff (2013) He's gonna be a little gay: redneckognising the queer American family in Here comes Honey Boo Boo. In: 4th Annual Popular Culture Association of Australia and New Zealand Conference(PopCAANZ 2013), 24-26 Jun 2013, Brisbane, Australia.
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Alana Thompson, aka Honey Boo Boo Child, emerged as an unlikely but loveable pop culture sensation from the series Toddlers & Tiaras, earning her family its own reality TV show. Reflecting, at bare minimum, a change in American viewing habits, episode 4 drew more viewers than the Republican National Conference. This paper will consider two important elements: the representation of gay men, especially Uncle Poodle, in the show and the resistant reading of the show by its audience. Attention will be paid to public responses that challenge apparent efforts by the show's producers to stereotype the Thompson family, showing how queer readings of Honey Boo Boo Child celebrate a re-working of camp, relationships and pop culture in American family life.
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