
Straight Girls and Queer Guys
The Hetero Media Gaze in Film and Television
Christopher Pullen(Author)
Edinburgh University Press
Published on 1. August 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
200 pages
978-1-4744-2586-5 (ISBN)
Description
Exploring the archetypal representation of the straight girl with the queer guy in film and television culture from 1948 to the present day, Straight Girls and Queer Guys considers the process of the 'hetero media gaze' and the way it contextualizes sexual diversity and gender identity. Offering both an historical foundation and a rigorous conceptual framework, Christopher Pullen draws on a range of case studies, including the films of Doris Day and Rock Hudson, the performances of Kenneth Williams, televisions shows such as Glee, Sex and the City and Will and Grace, the work of Derek Jarman, and the role of the gay best friend in Hollywood film. Critiquing the representation of the straight girl and the queer guy for its relation to both power and otherness, this is a provocative study that frames a theoretical model which can be applied across diverse media forms.
Reviews / Votes
Friendships between straight girls and queer guys have a rich, complex place in popular culture that is rarely given sustained scholarly attention. In this sharp, original, and wide-ranging book, Christopher Pullen shows us how representations of this 'unlikely couplin'" work - and how they matter. -- Professor Joshua Gamson, University of San Francisco Pullen's book is an important intervention into queer screen culture. In presenting the heteromedia gaze, Pullen offers a reading of how the coupling of straight girls and queer men resist the dominant desiring gaze with a sense of transgression and rebellion, thus offering not only new ways of seeing and reading these texts but also revealing the incomplete continuum of such reading.' -- Rohit K. Dasgupta * Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities * Christopher Pullen's monograph Straight Girls and Queer Guys approaches the titular relationship from a welcome variety of angles. He demonstrates how, as a storytelling trope, the bonds between queer-coded men and explicitly or presumptively heterosexual women have a diverse history across cinema and television.' -- Nick Davis, Northwestern University, Evanston * Women's Studies *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
318 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4744-2586-5 (9781474425865)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Christopher Pullen is an Associate Professor in Media and Inclusivity at Bournemouth University. His books include Straight Girls and Queer Guys: The Hetero Media Gaze in Film and Television (Edinburgh University Press 2016), Heroism, Celebrity and Therapy in Nurse Jackie (Routledge 2018), Pedro Zamora, Sexuality and AIDS Education: The Autobiographical Self, Activism and The Real World (Cambria Press 2018), Gay Identity, New Storytelling and the Media (2012), Queer Youth and Media Cultures (2014), and Queer Love in Television and Film (2013) (co-edited with Pamela Demory).
Content
List of figuresPrefaceAcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1: The Hetero Media GazeChapter 2: Queer Gazes and IdentificationsChapter 3: Film and CommodityChapter 4: TV and DomesticityChapter 5: Documentary and PerformanceChapter 6: Youth, Realism and FormConclusionSelect FilmographyReferences