Locating Queerness in the Media

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

Locating Queerness in the Media is a collection of smart essays that reckon with the hopes and frustrations queer people bring to LGBTQ media. Wide-ranging in their objects of analysis, the essays tackle contemporary media forms to ask tough questions about power, pleasure, and the politics of identity. The essays yield provocative yet careful insights into some of the most enduring issues in the field.

• ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionJane Campbell and Theresa CarilliPart I: Perspectives on Queerness and Media1. Locating Queerness in the Media: Markers of a Queer-Centric Approach to Studying MediaTheresa Carilli2. A State of the Union: LGBTQ Representations and the Concept of CommunityBruce E. Drushel Part II: Locating Queerness in Television and Music3. Homophobic Tropes, Class Structure, and Queer Sexuality: Problematizing Downton Abbey’s “Hot Gay Villain” Stephanie L. Young4. Relishing the Contradictions: The Intentionality of Black-ishJudy L. Isaksen 5. Bulldykes Don’t Dance: Hand-me-down Homophobia and Racism in Orange is the New Black Collette Morrow6. Grace and Frankie’s “Armagayddon”: Coming Out after 50 in the New MillenniumLori L. Montalbano 7. True Niggaz Ain’t Quare: An Examination of Black Gay Male Rappers and Hip-Hop Authenticity Melvin L. Williams and Verdell A. WrightPart III: Locating Queerness in Trans-Texts8. Transitioning Stories abou