{"product_id":"queer-un-friendly-film-and-television-9780786412464","title":"Queer (Un)Friendly Film and Television","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): James R. Keller\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Film - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In the past, representations of alternative lifestyles on film were, even in their most explicit forms, faint and ambiguous, and the television industry was even more conservative. But in more recent years, thanks in part to the success of such films as \u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia, The Birdcage, To Wong Fu\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIn \u0026amp; Out, \u003c\/i\u003e and television programs such as \u003ci\u003eWill \u0026amp; Grace, \u003c\/i\u003e a collective effort is underway to construct a positive new public image for gays and lesbians.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This work studies recent cinematic and television depictions of gays and lesbians. It examines the gay male conversion fantasy in \u003ci\u003eGet Real, Beautiful Thing, I Think I Do, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBilly's Hollywood Screen Kiss, \u003c\/i\u003e the metaphor of the aging artist as a teacher to young gay men in \u003ci\u003eLove and Death on Long Island\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGods and Monsters, \u003c\/i\u003e gay violence in Shakespeare and \u003ci\u003eThe Talented Mr. Ripley, \u003c\/i\u003e unacknowledged homophobia and theories of traditional masculinity in \u003ci\u003eGladiator, \u003c\/i\u003e the ethical complexities of the human genome project and genetic screening for the gene associated with homosexuality in \u003ci\u003eTwilight of the Golds, \u003c\/i\u003e profanity and protest masculinity in \u003ci\u003eThe Usual Suspects, \u003c\/i\u003e the controversy arising when the cast of \u003ci\u003eWill \u0026amp; Grace\u003c\/i\u003e urged Californians to vote against the Knight Initiative refusing recognition to same-sex marriages, male egotism in \u003ci\u003eFlawless, \u003c\/i\u003e gay parenting and other family issues in \u003ci\u003eThe Birdcage, The Object of My Affection, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Next Best Thing, \u003c\/i\u003e and rehabilitating homophobia in \u003ci\u003eAmerican Beauty, Urbania, Oz, Kiss Me Guido, Chuck \u0026amp; Buck, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBilly Elliot.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47614276993175,"sku":"9780786412464","price":2827.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780786412464.webp?v=1775092339","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/queer-un-friendly-film-and-television-9780786412464","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}