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Gay Fandom and Crossover Stardom

Gay Fandom and Crossover Stardom

James Dean, Mel Gibson, and Keanu Reeves

by Michael DeAngelis
Paperback
Publication Date: 15/08/2001

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Why and how does the appeal of certain male Hollywood stars cross over from straight to gay audiences? Do stars lose their appeal to straight audiences when they cross over? In Gay Fandom and Crossover Stardom Michael DeAngelis responds to these questions with a provocative analysis of three famous "crossover" stars - James Dean, Mel Gibson, and Keanu Reeves - tracing, in the process, a fifty-year history of audience reception that moves gay male fandom far beyond the realm of "camp" to places where culturally unauthorised fantasies are nurtured, developed, and shared. DeAngelis examines a variety of cultural documents, including studio publicity and promotional campaigns, star biographies, scandal magazines, film reviews, and gay political and fan literature ranging from the closeted pages of One and Mattachine Review in the 1950s to the very "out" dish columns, listserv postings, and online star fantasy narratives of the past decade. At the heart of this close historical study is a treatment of particular film narratives, including East of Eden, Rebel Without a Cause, The Road Warrior, Lethal Weapon, My Own Private Idaho, and Speed.Using theories of fantasy and melodrama, Gay Fandom and Crossover Stardom demonstrates how studios, agents, and even stars themselves often actively facilitate an audience's strategic blurring of the already tenuous distinction between the heterosexual mainstream and the gay margins of American popular culture.
In addition to fans of James Dean, Mel Gibson, and Keanu Reeves, those interested in film history, cultural studies, popular culture, queer theory, gender studies, sociology, psychoanalytic theory, melodrama, fantasy, and fandom will enjoy this book.
ISBN:
9780822327387
9780822327387
Category:
Gay & Lesbian studies
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
15-08-2001
Language:
English
Publisher:
Duke University Press
Country of origin:
United States
Pages:
296
Dimensions (mm):
235x152x22mm
Weight:
0.61kg

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