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Queerbaiting and fandom : teasing fans through homoerotic possibilities / edited by Joseph Brennan.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Fandom & culture.
- Fandom & culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Motion picture audiences.
- Television viewers.
- Fans (Persons).
- Homosexuality in motion pictures.
- Homosexuality on television.
- Queer theory.
- Sex role in mass media.
- Mass media--Social aspects.
- Mass media.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 256 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2019]
- Summary:
- In this first-ever comprehensive examination of queerbaiting, fan studies scholar Joseph Brennan and his contributors examine cases that shed light on the sometimes exploitative industry practice of teasing homoerotic possibilities that, while hinted at, never materialize in the program narratives. Through a nuanced approach that accounts for both the history of queer representation and older fan traditions, these essayists examine the phenomenon of queerbaiting across popular TV, video games, children's programs, and more.
- Contents:
- Introduction : A history of queerbaiting / Joseph Brenan
- Part 1 : Theoretical perspectives
- Queerbaiting 2.0 : From denying your queers to pretending you have them / Emma Nordin
- Queerbaiting, queer readings, and heteronormative viewing practices / Monique Franklin
- Thought pieces
- 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
- Supernatural : Wincest and Dean Winchester's bisexual panic / Emily E. Roach
- The gay elephant meta in the room : Sherlock and the Johnlock conspiracy / E. J. Nielsen
- "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
- Celebrity queerbaiting / Joseph Brennan and Michael McDermott
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-250) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781609386726
- 1609386728
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