Straight Girls and Queer Guys

The Hetero Media Gaze in Film and Television

Christopher Pullen (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

200 Seiten

2017
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4744-2586-5 (ISBN)

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Examines the emergence of gay male and female heterosexual alliances within contemporary media.

Exploring 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.

Christopher Pullen is Senior Lecturer in Media Theory at Bournemouth University, UK.

Erscheinungsdatum	28.09.2017
Reihe/Serie	Edinburgh Studies in Film and Intermediality
Zusatzinfo	Illustrations
Verlagsort	Edinburgh
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
ISBN-10	1-4744-2586-0 / 1474425860
ISBN-13	978-1-4744-2586-5 / 9781474425865
Zustand	Neuware