Globalized Queerness by Helton Levy - 9781350292826

Name: Globalized Queerness by Helton Levy - 9781350292826
Brand: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Globalized QueernessIdentities and Commodities in Queer Popular Culture\nAuthor(s): Helton Levy\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom\nImprint: Bloomsbury Academic\nISBN-13: 9781350292826, 978-1350292826\nSynopsis\nHas a global queer popular culture emerged at the expense of local queer artists? In this book, Helton Levy argues that global queer culture is indebted to specific, local references that artists carry from their early experiences in life, which then become homogenized by contemporary media markets. The assumption that queer publics live and consume only through a global set of references, including gay parades and rainbow flags, for example, erases many personal complexities.\n\nLevy revisits media characters that have caught the attention of the broader public such as Calamity Jane [tel], the Daffyd Thomas character from the BBC comedy Little Britain [tel], Brazilian drag queen Pabblo Vittar, French singer Christine and the Queens, and.