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1 online resource. |
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text file |
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Fandom & culture
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Fandom & culture.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"In 2007, while giving a book talk, Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling revealed an interesting fact about beloved character Albus Dumbledore's love life. "Dumbledore is gay, actually," she said as the audience erupted in cheers. She added: "I would have told you earlier if I knew it would make you so happy." Though most fans initially praised the announcement, LGBTQ fans in particular questioned why the author chose to make it informally, while never actually writing explicitly gay characters into the storylines. As it turns out, this type of bait-and-switch is fairly common between fans and creators; there's even a term for it: "queerbaiting." In this first comprehensive examination of queerbaiting, fan studies scholar Joseph Brennan and his contributors examine cases like Rowling's to shed light on the exploitative industry practice of teasing homoerotic possibilities that, while hinted at, never materialize in the program narratives. Looking at everything from popular TV series to video games to children's programs, and more, these essayists--some of the biggest names in the emerging field of fan studies--explore the consequences of the misleading practice, both for fans and creators. The result is a first-of-its-kind collection that is sure to appeal equally to fan, queer, and media studies students and scholars"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Concurrent user level: 1 user |
| Contents |
Introduction: A History of Queerbaiting / Joseph Brennan -- Part 1: Theoretical Perspectives -- 1. Queerbaiting 2.0: From Denying Your Queers to Pretending You Have Them / Emma Nordin -- 2. Queerbaiting, Queer Readings, and Heteronormative Viewing Practices / Monique Franklin -- Reclaiming Queerbaiting: A Call to Action / Elisabeth Schneider -- The Queer Temporalities of Queerbaiting / Evangeline Aguas"Heterobaiting": Black Sails and the Subversion of Queerbaiting Tropes / Leyre Carcas -- Part 2: Popular Case Studies -- 3. Supernatural: Wincest and Dean Winchester's Bisexual Panic / Emily E. Roach -- 4. The Gay Elephant Meta in the Room: Sherlock and the Johnlock Conspiracy / E. J. Nielsen -- 5. "Watch This Space": Queer Promises and Lacunae in Rowling's Harry Potter Texts, or, Harry Potter and the Curse of Queerbaiting / Jennifer Duggan -- "Friends? Always": Queerbaiting, Ambiguity, and Erasure in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child / Cassie Brummitt and Kieran Sellars -- Queerying Subtext and Fandom in Xena: Warrior Princess / Holly Eva Katherine Randell-Moon -- From Canon to Politics: Queerbaiting and The CW's Supergirl / Michael McDermott -- Part 3: Wider Contexts and Aligned Subjects -- 6. Celebrity Queerbaiting / Joseph Brennan and Michael McDermott -- 7. What Was Missing: Children's Queerbaiting and Homoromantic Exclusion in Adventure Time and Steven Universe / Bridget Blodgett and Anastasia Salter -- Hollywood Queerbaiting and the (In)Visibility of Same-Sex Desire / Guillaume Sirois -- Queerbaiting and Real Person Slash: The Case of Larry Stylinson / Clare Southerton and Hannah McCann -- Queerbaiting and Beyond: Japanese Popular Culture and Queer Politics / Divya Garg -- Cultural Reinforcement: Queerbaiting and the Fan Art Segment / Danielle S. Girard -- Multiversal Queerbaiting: Alan Scott, Alternate Universes, and Gay Characters in Superhero Comics / Christoffer Bagger -- Queerbaiting in Video Games: A Case Study of Overwatch / Mary Ingram-Waters and Isabela Silva -- This One Loves That One: Queerbaiting at the Eurovision Song Contest / Jessica Carniel |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost All EBSCO eBooks |
| Provenance |
Gift of Paul and Mary Haas. |
| Subject |
Motion picture audiences.
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Motion picture audiences. |
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Television viewers.
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Television viewers. |
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Fans (Persons)
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Fans (Persons) |
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Homosexuality in motion pictures.
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Homosexuality in motion pictures. |
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Homosexuality on television.
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Homosexuality on television. |
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Queer theory.
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Queer theory. |
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Sex role in mass media.
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Sex role in mass media. |
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Mass media -- Social aspects.
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Mass media -- Social aspects. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Queer theory. |
| Added Author |
Brennan, Joseph, 1986- editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Queerbaiting and fandom Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2019] 9781609386719 (DLC) 2019010724 |
| ISBN |
1609386728 electronic book |
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9781609386726 (electronic book) |
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9781609386719 paperback |
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