Queer (Un)Friendly Film and Television
"Queer (Un)Friendly Film and Television studies the many recent cinematic and small-screen depictions of homosexuality. Each chapter addresses important social issues affecting homosexuals and how those issues are negotiated within contemporary film and television. Among the many topics covered are partnerships, romantic fantasies, child-rearing, violence, cross-dressing, AIDS, the "gay gene," and prostitution." The result is a look at how the struggle for gay and lesbian equality, and...
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Focusing on the negative stereotypes towards gay men (and citing as well the occasional positive exception), Keller ably employs current theories of men's studies to critique several films, exposing the ongoing myths, typing, and homophobia they reveal in our culture. The films include: The talented Mr. Ripley, Gods and monsters, Beautiful thing, Gladiator, and Usual suspects. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
PrefaceIntroduction11Queer and Self-Loathing: The Gay Male Conversion Fantasy72Courage Teacher: The Portrait of an Aging Artist with an Angry Young Man463"Naught's Had, All's Spent": Shakespeare, Queer Rage, and The Talented Mr. Ripley684Gladiator: Family Values and Promise Keepers in the Colosseum825Twilight of the Golds: Jews, Gays, and Eugenics976Forbidding Desire: Profanity, Protest Masculinity, and The Usual Suspects1087Will & Grace: The Politics of Inversion1218Rehabilitating the Camera: Loquacious Queens and Male Autism in Flawless1379Queering the American Family15310Scared Straight: Rehabilitating Homophobia and the Dread of Proximity175Conclusion199Film and Television Listing203Bibliography205Index209
