Locating Queerness in the Media: A New Look (Media, Culture, and the Arts)

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.--Publisher website Contents Acknowledgments Introduction I: Perspectives on Queerness and Media Chapter One: Locating Queerness in the Media Chapter Two: A State of the Union II: Locating Queerness in Television and Music Chapter Three: Homophobic Tropes, Class Structure, and Queer Sexuality Chapter Four: Relishing the Contradictions Chapter Five: Bulldykes Don’t Dance Chapter Six: Grace and Frankie’s “Armagayddon” Chapter Seven: True Niggaz Ain’t Quare III: Locating Queerness in Trans-Texts Chapter Eight: Transitioning Stories about Transitioning Genders Chapter Nine: Being a Trans Woman and Being with a Trans Woman in Turkish Erotic Stories IV: Locating Queerness in Film Chapter Ten: Suffocation and Desire Chapter Eleven: Moving Images and Affectivities Chapter Twelve: A Delicate Balance Selected Bibliography Index About the Editors and Contributors 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.