Out in Culture charts some of the ways in which lesbians, gays, and
queers have understood and negotiated the pleasures and
affirmations, as well as the disappointments, of mass culture. The
essays collected here, combining critical and theoretical works
from a cross-section of academics, journalists, and artists,
demonstrate a rich variety of gay and lesbian approaches to film,
television, popular music, and fashion. This wide-ranging anthology
is the first to juxtapose pioneering work in gay and lesbian media
criticism with recent essays in contemporary queer cultural
studies.
Uniquely accessible, Out in Culture presents such popular writers
as B. Ruby Rich, Essex Hemphill, and Michael Musto as well as
influential critics such as Richard Dyer, Chris Straayer, and Julia
Lesage, on topics ranging from the queer careers of Agnes Moorehead
and Pee Wee Herman to the cultural politics of gay drag, lesbian
style, the visualization of AIDS, and the black snap queen
experience. Of particular interest are two dossiers, the first
linking essays on the queer content of Alfred Hitchcock's films,
and the second on the production and reception of popular music
within gay and lesbian communities. The volume concludes with an
extensive bibliography--the most comprehensive currently
available--of sources in gay, lesbian, and queer media
criticism.
Out in Culture explores the distinctive and original ways in which
gays, lesbians, and queers have experienced, appropriated, and
resisted the images and artifacts of popular culture. This eclectic
anthology will be of interest to a broad audience of general
readers and scholars interested in gay and lesbian issues; students
of film, media, gender, and cultural studies; and those interested
in the emerging field of queer theory.Contributors. Sabrina Barton,
Edith Becker, Rhona J. Berenstein, Nayland Blake, Michelle Citron,
Danae Clark, Corey K. Creekmur, Alexander Doty, Richard Dyer,
Heather Findlay, Jan Zita Grover, Essex Hemphill, John Hepworth,
Jeffrey Hilbert, Lucretia Knapp, Bruce La Bruce, Al LaValley, Julia
Lesage, Michael Moon, Michael Musto, B. Ruby Rich, Marlon Riggs,
Arlene Stein, Chris Straayer, Anthony Thomas, Mark Thompson,
Valerie Traub, Thomas Waugh, Patricia White, Robin Wood
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