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Overview"Through the analysis of over seventy films and thirty television series, ranging from Shortbus, Sweet Home Alabama, and Poseidon to Noah’s Arc, Brothers & Sisters, and Dawson’s Creek, Goltz examines reoccurring narrative structures in popular media that perpetuate the extreme value placed upon ""young"" gay male bodies, while devaluing health, aging, and longevity. Alienated from the future -- outside of limited and exclusionary systems of marriage and procreation -- the gay male is narrated within a circular tragedy that draws upon cultural mythologies of ""older"" gay male predation, the absence of gay intergenerational mentorship, and the gay male as sacrificial victim. Using a Burkean framework, Goltz makes a theoretical, rhetorical, and cultural investigation of how the increased visibility of ""positive"" gay representation in dominant media shapes contemporary meanings of gay aging, heteronormative future, homonormative future, and queer potential." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Dustin Bradley Goltz (DePaul University, USA)Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.380kg ISBN: 9780415898157ISBN 10: 0415898153 Pages: 208 Publication Date: 01 July 2011 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education , Undergraduate Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents"Acknowledgments 1: Introduction: ""Deleted Scenes"" and ""Innocent Questions"" 2: The Heteronormative Tragedy: Kenneth Burke and Queer Media Criticism 3: Victims in/of Time: Gay Aging as Ritualized Horror 4: Future Identification: Symbolic Mergers with Heteronormativity 5: The Dinner Party: Queer Gesturing to Time and Future Notes Bibliography Index"ReviewsAuthor InformationDustin Bradley Goltz is Assistant Professor in the College of Communication, DePaul University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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