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.

Jane Campbell is professor of English at Purdue University Northwest.
Theresa Carilli is professor of communication at Purdue University Northwest.

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 Abbeys Hot Gay Villain
Stephanie L. Young
4. Relishing the Contradictions: The Intentionality of Black-ish
Judy L. Isaksen
5. Bulldykes Dont Dance: Hand-me-down Homophobia and Racism in Orange is the New Black
Collette Morrow
6. Grace and Frankies Armagayddon: Coming Out after 50 in the New Millennium
Lori L. Montalbano
7. True Niggaz Aint 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 about Transitioning Genders: Tracing Generic Forms and Their Implications in Trans Autobiographies
Erika M. Thomas
9. Being a Trans Woman& Being with a Trans Woman in Turkish Erotic Stories: Desire as Sites of Regulation
Ali E. Erol

Part IV: Locating Queerness in Film
10. Suffocation and Desire: The Childrens Hour and Carol
Jane Campbell
11. Moving Images& Affectivities: The Multiple Subjectivities of Madame Behave
Jamie A. Lee
12. A Delicate Balance: Queer Masculinities in Contemporary Brazilian Film
Simone Cavalcante Da Silva

Selected Bibliography

About the Editors and Contributors