Locating Queerness in the Media: A New Look examines how media images of the LGBTQ community create a universal consciousness about the existence of queer people, ranging from tragic and villainous to upbeat and courageous. In this book, contributors explore how our media world invites a tension that marginalizes the LGBTQ community. It examines what a queer sensibility means and how the queer community is creating new ways to study itself. Throughout the book, contributors explore specific media images that resonate throughout the media, casting the community in a particular manner. Ultimately, its goal is to promote an understanding of the LGBTQ community.

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

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. DrushelPart II: Locating Queerness in Television and Music3. Homophobic Tropes, Class Structure, and Queer Sexuality: Problematizing Downton Abbeys Hot Gay VillainStephanie L. Young4. Relishing the Contradictions: The Intentionality of Black-ishJudy L. Isaksen5. Bulldykes Dont Dance: Hand-me-down Homophobia and Racism in Orange is the New BlackCollette Morrow6. Grace and Frankies Armagayddon: Coming Out after 50 in the New MillenniumLori L. Montalbano7. True Niggaz Aint Quare: An Examination of Black Gay Male Rappers and Hip-Hop AuthenticityMelvin L. Williams and Verdell A. WrightPart III: Locating Queerness in Trans-Texts8. Transitioning Stories about Transitioning Genders: Tracing Generic Forms and Their Implications in Trans AutobiographiesErika M. Thomas9. Being a Trans Woman& Being with a Trans Woman in Turkish Erotic Stories: Desire as Sites of RegulationAli E. ErolPart IV: Locating Queerness in Film10. Suffocation and Desire: The Childrens Hour and CarolJane Campbell11. Moving Images& Affectivities: The Multiple Subjectivities of Madame BehaveJamie A. Lee12. A Delicate Balance: Queer Masculinities in Contemporary Brazilian FilmSimone Cavalcante Da SilvaSelected BibliographyAbout the Editors and Contributors