Locating Queerness in the Media

Locating Queerness in the Media: A New Look delves deep into an understanding of queer sensibility. This collection examines how media images of the LGBTQ community create a universal consciousness about the media existence of queer people, ranging from tragic to villainous.

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction
Jane Campbell and Theresa Carilli

Part I: Perspectives on Queerness and Media
1. Locating Queerness in the Media: Markers of a Queer-Centric Approach to Studying Media
Theresa Carilli
2. A State of the Union: LGBTQ Representations and the Concept of Community
Bruce E. Drushel

Part II: Locating Queerness in Television and Music
3. Homophobic Tropes, Class Structure, and Queer Sexuality: Problematizing Downton Abbey's "Hot Gay Villain"
Stephanie L. Young
4. Relishing the Contradictions: The Intentionality of Black-ish
Judy L. Isaksen
5. Bulldykes Don't Dance: Hand-me-down Homophobia and Racism in Orange is the New Black
Collette Morrow
6. Grace and Frankie's "Armagayddon": Coming Out after 50 in the New Millennium
Lori L. Montalbano
7. True Niggaz Ain't Quare: An Examination of Black Gay Male Rappers and Hip-Hop Authenticity
Melvin L. Williams and Verdell A. Wright

Part III: Locating Queerness in Trans-Texts
8. Transitioning Stories about Transitioning Genders: Tracing Generic Forms and Their Implications in Trans Autobiographies
Erika M. Thomas
9. Being a Trans Woman & Being with a Trans Woman in Turkish Erotic Stories: Desire as Sites of Regulation
Ali E. Erol

Part IV: Locating Queerness in Film
10. Suffocation and Desire: The Children's Hour and Carol
Jane Campbell
11. Moving Images & Affectivities: The Multiple Subjectivities of Madame Behave
Jamie A. Lee
12. A Delicate Balance: Queer Masculinities in Contemporary Brazilian Film
Simone Cavalcante Da Silva

Selected Bibliography

About the Editors and Contributors