Out in Culture: Gay, Lesbian and Queer Essays on Popular Culture (Series Q)

__Out in Culture__ charts some of the ways in which lesbians, gays, and queers have understood and negotiated the pleasures and affirmations, as well as the disappointments, of mass culture. The essays collected here, combining critical and theoretical works from a cross-section of academics, journalists, and artists, demonstrate a rich variety of gay and lesbian approaches to film, television, popular music, and fashion. This wide-ranging anthology is the first to juxtapose pioneering work in gay and lesbian media criticism with recent essays in contemporary queer cultural studies. Uniquely accessible, __Out in Culture__ presents such popular writers as B. Ruby Rich, Essex Hemphill, and Michael Musto as well as influential critics such as Richard Dyer, Chris Straayer, and Julia Lesage, on topics ranging from the queer careers of Agnes Moorehead and Pee Wee Herman to the cultural politics of gay drag, lesbian style, the visualization of AIDS, and the black snap! queen experience. Of particular interest are two "dossiers," the first linking essays on the queer content of Alfred Hitchcock’s films, and the second on the production and reception of popular music within gay and lesbian communities. The volume concludes with an extensive bibliography—the most comprehensive currently available—of sources in gay, lesbian, and queer media criticism. __Out in Culture__ explores the distinctive and original ways in which gays, lesbians, and queers have experienced, appropriated, and resisted the images and artifacts of popular culture. This eclectic anthology will be of interest to a broad audience of general readers and scholars interested in gay and lesbian issues; students of film, media, gender, and cultural studies; and those interested in the emerging field of queer theory. Out in Culture charts some of the ways in which lesbians, gays, and queers have understood and negotiated the pleasures and affirmations, as well as the disappointments, of mass culture. The essays collected here, combining critical and theoretical works from a cross-section of academics, journalists, and artists, demonstrate a rich variety of gay and lesbian approaches to film, television, popular music, and fashion. This wide-ranging anthology is the first to juxtapose pioneering work in gay and lesbian media criticism with recent essays in contemporary queer cultural studies. Uniquely accessible, Out in Culture presents such popular writers as B. Ruby Rich, Essex Hemphill, and Michael Musto as well as influential critics such as Richard Dyer, Chris Straayer, and Julia Lesage, on topics ranging from the queer careers of Agnes Moorehead and Pee Wee Herman to the cultural politics of gay drag, lesbian style, the visualization of AIDS, and the black snap! queen experience. Of particular interest are two "dossiers," the first linking essays on the queer content of Alfred Hitchcocks films, and the second on the production and reception of popular music within gay and lesbian communities. The volume concludes with an extensive bibliographythe most comprehensive currently availableof sources in gay, lesbian, and queer media criticism. Out in Culture explores the distinctive and original ways in which gays, lesbians, and queers have experienced, appropriated, and resisted the images and artifacts of popular culture. This eclectic anthology will be of interest to a broad audience of general readers and scholars interested in gay and lesbian issues; students of film, media, gender, and cultural studies; and those interested in the emerging field of queer theory. Contributors . Sabrina Barton, Edith Becker, Rhona J. Berenstein, Nayland Blake, Michelle Citron, Danae Clark, Corey K. Creekmur, Alexander Doty, Richard Dyer, Heather Findlay, Jan Zita Grover, Essex Hemphill, John Hepworth, Jeffrey Hilbert, Lucretia Knapp, Bruce La Bruce, Al LaValley, Julia Lesage, Michael Moon, Michael Musto, B. Ruby Rich, Marlon Riggs, Arlene Stein, Chris Straayer, Anthony Thomas, Mark Thompson, Valerie Traub, Thomas Waugh, Patricia White, Robin Wood Lesbians And Film / Edith Becker ... [et Al.] -- The Hypothetical Lesbian Heroine In Narrative Feature Film / Chris Straayer -- The Great Escape / Al Lavalley -- There's Something Queer Here / Alexander Doty -- Supporting Character : The Queer Career Of Agnes Moorehead / Patricia Whitee -- The Ambiguities Of Lesbian Viewing Pleasure : The (dis)articulations Of Black Widow / Valerie Traub -- From Repressive Tolerance To Erotic Liberation : Mädchen In Uniform / B. Ruby Rich -- Acting Like A Man : Masculine Performance In My Darling Clementine / Corey K. Creekmur -- Hitchcock's Homophobia / John Hepworth -- (cont.) The Murderous Gays : Hitchcock's Homophobia / Robin Wood -- Crisscross : Paranoia And Projection In Strangers On A Train / Sabrina Barton -- I'm Not The Sort Of Person Men Marry : Monsters, Queers, And Hitchcock's Rebecca / Rhona J. Berenstein -- The Queer Voice In Marnie / Lucretia Knapp -- Flaming Closets / Michael Moon -- Men's Pornography : Gay Vs. Straight / Thomas Waugh -- Freud's Fetishism And The Lesbian Dildo Debates / Heather Findlay -- Tom Of Finland : An Appreciation / Nayland Blake -- Visible Lesions : Images Of The Pwa / Jan Zita Grover -- Pee Wee Herman : The Homosexual Subtext / Bruce La Bruce -- In Living Color : Toms, Coons, Mammies, Faggots, And Bucks / Essex Hemphill -- (cont.) In Defense Of Disco / Richard Dyer -- Crossover Dreams : Lesbianism And Popular Music Since The 1970s / Arlene Stein -- Immaculate Connection / Michael Musto -- The House The Kids Built : The Gay Black Imprint On American Dance Music / Anthony Thomas -- Children Of Paradise : A Brief History Of Queens / Mark Thompson -- The Politics Of Drag / Jeffrey Hilbert -- Black Macho Revisited : Reflections Of A Snap! Queen / Marlon Riggs -- All Dressed Up But No Place To Go? : Style Wars And The New Lesbianism / Arlene Stein -- Commodity Lesbianism / Danae Clark. Edited By Corey K. Creekmur And Alexander Doty. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [501]-524) And Index. Title Page 2 Copyright Page 3 Introduction 10 Responsibilities of a Gay Film Critic 20 Lesbians and Film 32 The Hypothetical Lesbian Heroine in Narrative Feature Film 50 The Great Escape 66 There’s Something Queer Here 76 Supporting Character: The Queer Career of Agnes Moorehead 96 The Ambiguities of “Lesbian” Viewing Pleasure: The (Dis)articulations of Black Widow 121 From Repressive Tolerance to Erotic Liberation: Mädchen in Uniform 142 Acting Like a Man: Masculine Performance in My Darling Clementine 171 Dossier on Hitchcock 187 Hitchcock’s Homophobia 191 The Murderous Gays: Hitchcock’s Homophobia 201 “Crisscross”: Paranoia and Projection in Strangers on a Train 219 “I’m not the sort of person men marry”: Monsters, Queers, and Hitchcock’s Rebecca 242 The Queer Voice in Marnie 264 Flaming Closets 283 Men’s Pornography: Gay vs. Straight 307 Freud’s “Fetishism” and the Lesbian Dildo Debates 335 Tom of Finland: An Appreciation 350 Visible Lesions: Images of the PWA 361 Pee Wee Herman: The Homosexual Subtext 390 “In Living Color”: Toms, Coons, Mammies, Faggots, and Bucks 397 Dossier on Popular Music 409 In Defense of Disco 413 Crossover Dreams: Lesbianism and Popular Music since the 1970s 422 Immaculate Connection 433 The House the Kids Built: The Gay Black Imprint on American Dance Music 442 Children of Paradise: A Brief History of Queens 451 The Politics of Drag 465 Black Macho Revisited: Reflections of a Snap! Queen 472 All Dressed Up, But No Place to Go? Style Wars and the New Lesbianism 477 Commodity Lesbianism 485 Gay, Lesbian, and Queer Popular Culture Bibliography 502 Acknowledgments of Copyright 530 Contributors 534 Index 538 This book charts some of the ways in which lesbians, gays, and queers have understood and negotiated the pleasures and affirmations, as well as the disappointments, of mass culture. The essays collected here, combining critical and theoretical works from a cross-section of academics, journalists, and artists, demonstrate a rich variety of gay and lesbian approaches to film, television, popular music, and fashion