Feeling normal : sexuality and media criticism in the digital age / F. Hollis Griffin.
| Author/creator | Griffin, F. Hollis author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2016] |
| Copyright Date | ©2016 |
| Description | xi, 190 pages ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction -- Cities as affective convergences -- The aesthetics of banality after new queer cinema -- Cable TV, commodity activism, and corporate synergy (or lack thereof) -- Toward a queerer criticism of television -- Wanting something online -- Afterword: #LoveWins. |
| Abstract | The explosion of cable networks, cinema distributors, and mobile media companies explicitly designed for sexual minorities in the contemporary moment has made media culture a major factor in what it feels like to be a queer person. F. Hollis Griffin demonstrates how cities offer a way of thinking about that phenomenon. By examining urban centers in tandem with advertiser-supported newspapers, New Queer Cinema and B-movies, queer-targeted television, and mobile apps, Griffin illustrates how new forms of LGBT media are less "new" than we often believe. He connects cities and LGBT media through the experiences they can make available to people, which Griffin articulates as feelings, emotions, and affects. He illuminates how the limitations of these experiences--while not universally accessible, nor necessarily empowering--are often the very reasons why people find them compelling and desirable. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliography and index. |
| ISBN | 9780253024473 hardcover |
| ISBN | 0253024471 hardcover |
| ISBN | 9780253024558 paperback |
| ISBN | 0253024552 paperback |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | P96 .S58 G754 2016 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |