New Queer Aesthetic on Television: Essays on Recent Programming
Television is awash with newly embraced gay and lesbian themes that have crossed over into the collective pop culture of America. Dramas like Queer As Folk and The L Word, comedies like Will & Grace,and even reality shows including the popular Queer Eye for the Straight Guy signify a new commercial acceptance of homosexuality that has never been seen before in the United States. However, the increasing exposure has prompted critics to argue that the gay and lesbian representation on...
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Thirteen essays from international scholars explore the ways in which gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgendered individuals are being portrayed in contemporary mainstream television shows. Sample topics include the use of gay stereotypes in Queer Eye for the Straight Guy; linguistic resignification in the British and American versions of Queer as Folk; and race and the politics of sexual intimacy in Six Feet Under. The editors are both English professors at Mississippi U. for Women. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Introduction1What do gay men desire? : peering behind the queer eye9Queer eye on the prize : the stereotypical sodomites of summer20Embattled sex : rise of the right and victory of the queer in Queer as folk43Queering the straight world : the politics of resignification in Queer as folk59A trip to the queer circus : reimagined masculinities in Will & Grace75Straight and crazy? : bisexual and easy? : or drunken floozy? : the queer politics of Karen Walker85Desire and the "big black sex cop" : race and the politics of sexual intimacy in HBO's Six feet under99"We cannot afford to keep being so high-minded" : fighting the religious right on The L word113Politics of the sitcom formula : Friends, Mad about you, and the Sapphic second banana130Masculinity and male intimacy in nineties sitcoms : Seinfeld and the ironic dismissal147Gay performativity and reality television : alliances, competition, and discourse160Altar ego : GLAAD sacrifices male intimacy and commitment ceremonies to the media gods177Lesbians and serial TV : Ellen finds her inner adult193
