Queer Love in Film and Television

Ben Aslinger, Bentley University, USAMatthew Bolton, Concordia College-New York, USAKathleen A. Brown, St. Edward's University, USAPeri Bradley, Bournemouth University, UK Kenneth Chan, University of Northern Colorado, USASteven Edward Doran, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USAJim Ellis, University of Calgary, CanadaJulia Erhart, Flinders University, AustraliaKen Feil, Emerson College, USAJessica Hicks, Independent ScholarMichael Johnson Jr., Washington State University, USAAdrian Jones, University of Sydney, AustraliaPeter C. Kunze, Louisiana State University, USAJessica Murrell, University of Adelaide, AustraliaCurran Nault, University of Texas at Austin, USARichard Reitsma, Canisius College, USANicole Richter, Wright State University, USAAdam Sonstegard, Cleveland State University, USAHannah Stark, University of Tasmania, AustraliaScott F. Stoddart, Fashion Institute of Technology, SUNY, USABrett Westbrook, Independent ScholarDamon Young, University of California, Berkeley, USA

• Introduction; Pamela Demory and Christopher Pullen PART I: ROMANCE 1. The Living End , or, Love Without a Future; Damon R. Young 2. Bad Boys Need Love, Too: The Cinematic Negativity of Gay Romance in I Love You Phillip Morris ; Kenneth Chan 3. Romancing the Soap: Representations of Gay Love and Relationships in EastEnders ; Peri Bradley 4. Love's Narrative Lost: Romance Interrupted in The L Word ; Kathleen Brown and Brett Westbrook 5. "It's Not So Easy For Two Men to Be a Couple': Revisiting Gay Dating in Will & Grace and Queer as Folk ; Ben Aslinger 6. True Love Queered: Sex, Melodrama, and Romance in Queer as Folk ; Pamela Demory PART II: MARRIAGE AND FAMILY 7. Donor Conception in Lesbian and Non-Lesbian Film and Television Families; Julia Erhart 8. Housebroken: Homodomesticity and the Normalization of Queerness in Modern Family ; Steven Edward Doran 9. Family Guys: Same-Sex Parenting and Masculinity in Modern Family ; Peter C. Kunze 10. Allegories of Queer Love: Quality Television and the Reimagining of the American Family; Jessica Murrell and Hannah Stark 11. 'Queer' (In)tolerance in Children's Animated Films; Richard D. Reitsma PART III: THE MARGINS 12. 'Fearless Vulgarity:' Camp Love as Queer Love for Jackie Susann and Valley of the Dolls ; Ken Feil 13. 'Can I Get An 'Amen'?' Marginalized Communities and Self-Love on Ru-Paul's Drag Race ; Jessica Hicks 14. Trans Love in New Trans Cinema; Nicole Richter 15. No Skin Off My Ass : Bruce LaBruce and the Curious Case of Queer Punk Love; Curran NAult 16. Queer Negotiations Between Love and Work: A Critical Ethnographic Case Study of a Gay Porn Star; Michael Johnson Jr. 17. Playing With Himself: James Franco, Hollywood Queer; Adrian Jones PART IV: ADAPTING QUEERLY 18. Temporality and Queer Consciousness in The House of Mirth ; Jim Ellis 19. The Talented Mr. Ripley : A '50s Homme Fatal for the New Millennium; Scott F. Stoddart 20. Ford's A Single Man and Bachardy's Chris and Don : The Aesthetic and Domestic Body of Isherwood; Christopher Pullen 21. Notes on a Scandal , Teacher's Edition; Adam Sonstegard 22. The Ethics of Alterity: Adapting Queerness in Brokeback Mountain ; Matthew Bolton

"The essays in this volume are compelling reading. Brief synopses of films and texts are worked, seamlessly, into the texts to familiarize readers with content that may be unfamiliar to them. In summary, the authors in this volume explore the varied ways in which contemporary film and television endeavor to incorporate nonheterogeneous normativities into their cultural productions, particularly as they relate to queer love. This is a smart read and a useful and accessible introduction to a rich and evolving field of study." - Journal of American Culture"A varied and impressive collection of essays . . . This is a book for anyone interested in LGBTQ studies, queer theory, media criticism, or representations of non-heterosexual desires and relationships. Summing Up: Recommended." - CHOICE"Influenced by the major queer theorists, the varied and provocative essays collected in Queer Love in Film and Television challenge our thinking about the ways in which gay and lesbian sex and love have been presented in film and on television over the past two decades, from Modern Family to The L Word, and from Brokeback Mountain to gay porn. Along the way, crucial questions are asked about the validity of conventional romantic narratives as vehicles for presenting queer relationships, and the possibility of queer love. " - John M. Clum, author of The Drama of Marriage: Gay Playwrights/Straight Unions from Oscar Wilde to the Present (2011), Something for the Boys: Musical Theater and Gay Culture (2001), and Still Acting Gay: Male Homosexuality in Modern Drama (2000)