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Straight Girls and Queer Guys : The Hetero Media Gaze in Film and Television / Christopher Pullen.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 1 online resource (200 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780748694846
  • 9780748694853
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PN1995.9.H45 P85 2016
  • PN1995.9.H45 P85 2016
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  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Summary: Examines the emergence of gay male and female heterosexual alliances within contemporary mediaExploring the archetypal representation of the straight girl with the queer guy in film and television culture from 1948 to the present day, Straight Girls and Queer Guys considers the process of the 'hetero media gaze' and the way it contextualizes sexual diversity and gender identity. Offering both an historical foundation and a rigorous conceptual framework, Christopher Pullen draws on a range of case studies, including the films of Doris Day and Rock Hudson, the performances of Kenneth Williams, televisions shows such as Glee, Sex and the City and Will and Grace, the work of Derek Jarman, and the role of the gay best friend in Hollywood film. Critiquing the representation of the straight girl and the queer guy for its relation to both power and otherness, this is a provocative study that frames a theoretical model which can be applied across diverse media forms.Key featuresReveals the impact of neoliberalism within minority representations in contemporary mediaOffers an inter-cultural and interdisciplinary approach, in revealing new linkages between social agency and media consumptionDefines new historical approaches in exploring the history of queer representation within the media
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Examines the emergence of gay male and female heterosexual alliances within contemporary mediaExploring the archetypal representation of the straight girl with the queer guy in film and television culture from 1948 to the present day, Straight Girls and Queer Guys considers the process of the 'hetero media gaze' and the way it contextualizes sexual diversity and gender identity. Offering both an historical foundation and a rigorous conceptual framework, Christopher Pullen draws on a range of case studies, including the films of Doris Day and Rock Hudson, the performances of Kenneth Williams, televisions shows such as Glee, Sex and the City and Will and Grace, the work of Derek Jarman, and the role of the gay best friend in Hollywood film. Critiquing the representation of the straight girl and the queer guy for its relation to both power and otherness, this is a provocative study that frames a theoretical model which can be applied across diverse media forms.Key featuresReveals the impact of neoliberalism within minority representations in contemporary mediaOffers an inter-cultural and interdisciplinary approach, in revealing new linkages between social agency and media consumptionDefines new historical approaches in exploring the history of queer representation within the media

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Mai 2022)