This book traces the uneven history of queer media visibility through crucial turning points including the Hollywood Production Code era, the AIDS crisis of the 1980s, the so-called explosion of gay visibility on television during the1990s, and the re-imagination of queer representations on TV after the events of 9/11. Kohnen intervenes in previous academic and popular accounts that paint the increase in queer visibility over the past four decades as a largely progressive development. She examines how and why a limited and limiting concept of queer visibility structured around white gay and lesbian characters in committed relationships has become the embodiment of progressive LGBT media representations. She also investigates queer visibility across film, TV, and print media, and highlights previously unexplored connections, such as the lingering traces of classical Hollywood cinema's queer tropes in the X-Men franchise. Across all chapters, narratives and arguments emerge that demonstrate how queer visibility shapes and reflects not only media representations, but the real and imagined geographies, histories, and people of the American nation.
| ISBN: | 9780815386544 |
| Publication date: | 22nd December 2017 |
| Author: | Melanie E S Kohnen |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 196 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies |
| Genres: |
LGBTQ+ Studies / topics Film history, theory or criticism Cultural studies Media studies Gender studies, gender groups Television Regional / International studies |
This book traces the uneven history of queer media visibility through crucial turning points including the Hollywood Production Code era, the AIDS crisis of the 1980s, the so-called explosion of gay visibility on television during the1990s, and the re-imagination of queer representations on TV after the events of 9/11. Kohnen intervenes in previous academic and popular accounts that paint the increase in queer visibility over the past four decades as a largely progressive development. She examines how and why a limited and limiting concept of queer visibility structured around white gay and lesbian characters in committed relationships has become the embodiment of progressive LGBT media representations. She also investigates queer visibility across film, TV, and print media, and highlights previously unexplored connections, such as the lingering traces of classical Hollywood cinema's queer tropes in the X-Men franchise. Across all chapters, narratives and arguments emerge that demonstrate how queer visibility shapes and reflects not only media representations, but the real and imagined geographies, histories, and people of the American nation.
Queer Representation, Visibility, and Race in American Film and Television features in the following genres: LGBTQ+ Studies / topics, Film history, theory or criticism, Cultural studies, Media studies, Gender studies, gender groups, Television, Regional / International studies
Queer Representation, Visibility, and Race in American Film and Television is available in Paperback
Queer Representation, Visibility, and Race in American Film and Television was written by Melanie E S Kohnen and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis
Queer Representation, Visibility, and Race in American Film and Television has 196 pages
Yes it is part of Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies series
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