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"According to Their Wills and Pleasures": The Sexual Stereotyping of Mormon Men in American Film and Television

Description: This thesis examines the representation of Mormon men in American film and television, with particular regard for sexual identity and the cultural association of Mormonism with sexuality. The history of Mormonism's unique marital practices and doctrinal approaches to gender and sexuality have developed three common stereotypes for Mormon male characters: the purposeful heterosexual, the monstrous polygamist, and the self-destructive homosexual. Depending upon the sexual stereotype in the narr… more
Date: May 2009
Creator: Sutton, Travis
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[News Script: General Chanker]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a visit to Dallas by Nepalese Ambassador General Shanker Shum Shere Jung Bahadur Ranna and several of his wives.
Date: April 1, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Kicker]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about police in Malaysia being threatened to be fired if found having too many wives.
Date: September 6, 1972, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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