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Queerqueen

By Claire Maree

Queerqueen

By Claire Maree

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From the twins Osugi and Peeco to longstanding icon Miwa Akihiro, Claire Maree traces the figure of the Japanese queerqueen, showing how a diversity of gender identifications, sexual orientations, and discursive styles are commodified and packaged together to form this character. Representations of gay men's speech have changed in tandem with gender norms, increasingly crossing over into popular media via the body of the "authentic" gay male up to and including the current "LGBT boom" in Japan. In this context, queerqueen demonstrates how commercial practices of recording, transcribing, and editing spoken interactions and use of on-screen text encode queerqueen speech as inherently excessive and in need of containment. Tackling questions of authenticity, self-censorship, and the restrictions of heteronormativity within this perception of queer excess, Maree shows how queerqueen styles reproduce stereotypes of gender, sexuality, and desire that are essential to the business of mainstream entertainment.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
230
Release Date:
2020-07-17
Publication Date:
2020-07-17
Publisher:
OXFORD UNIV PR
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0190869607
ISBN13:
9780190869601
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
357 g
Height:
156 cm
Width:
234 cm
Thickness:
13 cm
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