Queers in American Popular Culture [3 volumes]: 3 volumes (Praeger Perspectives)

The virtually unknown existence of gay, bisexual, and queer men and women in American popular culture from the late 1800s through the present day is a fascinating topic for many readers, regardless of their own orientation. Whether it's the father of bodybuilding, famous closeted entertainers or sports stars, or the leading characters in current television shows and films, queer men and women have changed the face of American popular culture and society for over a century. Ironically, most of the fascinating information, anecdotes, and revealing facts about well-known figures in American culture are virtually unknown to the typical U.S. citizen. Elledge's __Queers in American Popular Culture__ covers a wide variety of historical and current topics that documents how the queer community has been―and continues to be―one of the most significant shapers of American popular culture. Currently, no other book covers queer topics in American popular culture as broadly as this text. Cover 1 Volume 1 4 Contents 8 Set Introduction 10 Chapter 1: Politically Queer: Ellen and the Changing Face of American Television, 1997 to 2007 16 Chapter 2: “There’s Nowt So Queer as Folk” (Nor the Spaces They Seek) 40 Chapter 3: After Noah’s Arc: Where Do We Go from Here? 50 Chapter 4: Anatomy of a Lesbian Relationship and Its Demise: The First Lesbian Relationship of the Medical Drama Grey’s Anatomy 62 Chapter 5: From Stereotypes to Characters: The Development of Queer Motifs in American Cinema from Wings to The Children’s Hour 84 Chapter 6: Women Actors and Male Performativity in Early Hollywood 102 Chapter 7: A Cinema of Contradictions: Gay and Lesbian Representation in 1970s Blaxploitation Films 118 Chapter 8: Tongues Untied: African-American Men Take the Spotlight 138 Chapter 9: When Straight America Starts “Queering”: Brokeback Mountain and Its Parodies 154 Chapter 10: Queerness Taking Place?: Constructing the “Urban Redecoration Project” of Showtime’s The L Word 182 Chapter 11: Nobody Wants to Watch a Beacon: Will & Grace and the Limits of Mainstream Network Television 202 Chapter 12: “They Can’t Show a Whole Screen Full of Gay People”: Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Television Viewers Assess Portrayals of the Gay Community on Television 224 Chapter 13: Camp Figures of American Television in the Sixties and Seventies: A Boyhood Memory 246 Chapter 14: “We’ll Have a Gay Old Time!”: Queer Representation in American Prime-Time Animation from the Cartoon Short to the Family Sitcom 262 Chapter 15: Recuperating and Reviling South Park’s Queer Politics 288 Index 318 A 318 B 318 C 319 D 320 E 320 F 321 G 321 H 322 I 323 J 323 K 323 L 323 M 324 N 324 O 324 P 324 Q 325 R 325 S 325 T 327 U 327 V 327 W 327 Y 328 Z 328 About the Editor and Contributors 330 Volume 2 338 Contents 342 Set Introduction 344 Chapter 1: The AIDS Memorial Quilt and the Contemporary Culture of Public Commemoration 350 Chapter 2: Transgender Women in the Blogosphere 380 Chapter 3: La Macha, the Stealth Lesbian, and the Transvestite: Queer Representation and Female Friendship as Revisions of Traditional Gender Roles in Latina Popular Fiction 410 Chapter 4: Bechdel’s Dykes to Watch Out For and Popular Culture 430 Chapter 5: Open the Book, Crack the Spine: 69 Meditations on Lesbians in Popular Literature 452 Chapter 6: Gay Pulps 472 Chapter 7: Evolving Depictions of “Coming Out” in Young Adult Literature: A Range of Possibilities in 12 Lambda Literary Award Winners (1992–2006) 488 Chapter 8: Discophobia: Antigay Prejudice and the 1979 Backlash against Disco 502 Chapter 9 When a Door Is a Jar, or Out in the Theater: Tennessee Williams and Queer Space 540 Chapter 10: “Artfully Dressed in Women’s Clothing”: Drag Queens on Chicago’s Burlesque Stage; An Account from the Summer of 1909 560 Chapter 11: A Transgressing Identity: Buck Angel—“The Man with a Pussy” 578 Chapter 12: Like a Man: Signs and Symbols of Masculinity in Gay Pornography 602 Chapter 13: Queer Vampires in Literature and Film 616 Index 652 A 652 B 653 C 653 D 654 E 655 F 655 G 656 H 657 I 657 J 657 K 657 L 658 M 658 N 659 O 659 P 659 Q 660 R 660 S 661 T 662 U 662 V 662 W 663 Y 663 Z 663 About the Editor and Contributors 664 Volume 3 672 Contents 676 Set Introduction 678 Chapter 1: Marry, Mary!(Quite Contrary): Homosexual Marriage in ONE Magazine, 1953–1959 684 Chapter 2: Queer Appetites, Butch Cooking: Recipes for Lesbian Subjectivities 694 Chapter 3: Advertising: Gays Conquer Another Media Venue 704 Chapter 4: “We’re Paying Customers Too”: Gay Viewers Call for the Conspicuous Representation of Gay Characters 720 Chapter 5: Dropkicks, Body Slams, and Glitter: The Queer Image in North American Pro-Wrestling 740 Chapter 6: Babylon Baseball: When the Pitcher Catches 768 Chapter 7: Communitarian Considerations for the Coverage of “Outed” Athletes 778 Chapter 8: “It Is Just Something Greek; That’s All”: Eugen Sandow—Queer Father of Modern Body Building” 800 Chapter 9: RuPaul: Fashioning Queer 828 Chapter 10: Boi’s Story 846 Chapter 11: He’s My Gay Mother: Ballroom Houses, Housework, and Parenting 852 Chapter 12: From the Margins to the Mainstream: Communication about Travel and Tourism in the Gay Community, 1960–2000 862 Chapter 13: Pride Translated: The Gay Carnival, San Francisco 2008 892 Chapter 14: A Thin Line Between Being Straight or Gay: Portrayal of Lesbian Women in Advertising 910 Chapter 15: “Seeing Is the Tithe, Not the Prize”: Queer Femme Gender Expression in the 1990s and Current Decade 922 Chapter 16: Celebrating Ostara: A Ritual Performance by Gay Male Contemporary Pagans 942 Chapter 17: Matthew Shepard: Giving a Human Face to Anti-Gay Violence 958 Index 974 A 974 B 975 C 975 D 976 E 976 F 977 G 977 H 978 I 979 J 979 K 979 L 979 M 980 N 980 O 981 P 981 Q 982 R 982 S 982 T 984 U 984 V 984 W 984 Y 985 Z 985 About the Editor and Contributors 986 This three-volume collection of essays reveals the widespread existence of queer men and women in American popular culture, and showcases their important yet little-known role in shaping our society over the last 120 years.The virtually unknown existence of gay, bisexual, and queer men and women in American popular culture from the late 1800s through the present day is a fascinating topic for many readers, regardless of their own orientation. Whether it's the father of bodybuilding, famous closeted entertainers or sports stars, or the leading characters in current television shows and films, queer men and women have changed the face of American popular culture and society for over a century. Ironically, most of the fascinating information, anecdotes, and revealing facts about well-known figures in American culture are virtually unknown to the typical U.S. citizen.Elledge's Queers in American Popular Culture covers a wide variety of historical and current topics that documents how the queer community has been—and continues to be—one of the most significant shapers of American popular culture. Currently, no other book covers queer topics in American popular culture as broadly as this text. Annotation. The virtually unknown existence of gay, bisexual, and queer men and women in American popular culture from the late 1800s through the present day is a fascinating topic for many readers, regardless of their own orientation. Whether it's the father of bodybuilding, famous closeted entertainers or sports stars, or the leading characters in current television shows and films, queer men and women have changed the face of American popular culture and society for over a century. Ironically, most of the fascinating information, anecdotes, and revealing facts about well-known figures in American culture are virtually unknown to the typical U.S. citizen. Elledge's Queers in American Popular Culture covers a wide variety of historical and current topics that documents how the queer community has been--and continues to be--one of the most significant shapers of American popular culture. Currently, no other book covers queer topics in American popular culture as broadly as this text