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Locating Queerness in the Media: A New Look examines how media images of the LGBTQ community create a universal consciousness about the existence of queer people, ranging from tragic and villainous to upbeat and courageous. In this book, contributors explore how our media world invites a tension that marginalizes the LGBTQ community. It examines what a queer sensibility means and how the queer community is creating new ways to study itself. Throughout the book, contributors explore specific media images that resonate throughout the media, casting the community in a particular manner. Ultimately, its goal is to promote an understanding of the LGBTQ community.

Table of Contents

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 abou

Product details

Published Jul 25 2017
Format Hardback
Edition 1st
Extent 210
ISBN 9781498549059
Imprint Lexington Books
Dimensions 241 x 159 mm
Series Media, Culture, and the Arts
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Anthology Editor

Jane Campbell

Jane Campbell is professor emerita of English at P…

Anthology Editor

Theresa Carilli

Theresa Carilli is professor emerita of communicat…

Contributor

Jane Campbell

Jane Campbell is professor emerita of English at P…

Contributor

Theresa Carilli

Theresa Carilli is professor emerita of communicat…

Contributor

Ali E. Erol

Contributor

Judy L. Isaksen

Contributor

Jamie A. Lee

Contributor

Colette Morrow

Contributor

Erika M. Thomas

Contributor

Stephanie L. Young

Stephanie L. Young is associate professor in commu…

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