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1 online resource : text file, PDF |
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Routledge Research in Gender, Sexuality, and Media |
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Cover; Endorsement; Half Title; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Queer and the Punk; Not Gay as in Happy, But Queer as in "Fuck You!"; Not Punk as in Loser, But Punk as in Totally Punked Up; Queer as Punk: Queercore Histories; Queercore Theories; Queercore Methods; Queercore Archives; Queercore to Come; Notes; Bibliography; Discography; Filmography; Personal Interviews; Chapter 1 Queer Punk Before Queercore; Scenes from New York: 1969-1976; Scenes from London: 1974-1977 |
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Scenes from Los Angeles: 1978-1991Baltimore and Beyond: 1964-1988; Get Used to It: All Punks Are Gay; Notes; Bibliography; Discography; Filmography; Chapter 2 Queercore Sex; The Polysemiology of "Fuck You": Queer Sex/Punk Sex; J.D.s: A "Porntastic Fantasy" Made Flesh; Case Study 1: Bruce LaBruce and No Skin Off My Ass13; Case Study 2: G.B. Jones and the Tom Girls; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Discography; Filmography; Personal Interviews; Chapter 3 Queercore Confrontation; Queers Bash Back: "Imagined Violence/Queer Violence." |
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Punching Fags and Stupid Breeders: Queercore's Imagined ViolenceCase Study 1: Road Rage in Gregg Araki's The Living End; Case Study 2: The Gender Trouble of Tribe 8; Case Study 3: Race Riots12 in Bamboo Girl and Beyond ; Conclusion: Queercore Rages On; Notes; Bibliography; Discography; Filmography; Personal Interviews; Chapter 4 Queercore Bodies; Thinking Bodies: From the Grotesque to the Unruly; Bodies Out of Bounds:2 Queer Fat Activism; Bodies Out of Bounds: (Queer) Punk's Revolting Style; Case Study 1: Beth Ditto "Standing in the Way of Control"7; Case Study 2: Nomy Lamm's "Bird Song." |
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Conclusion: Queercore Out of BoundsNotes; Bibliography; Discography; Personal Interview; Conclusion: A Queer Elegy for the Future; Notes; Index |
| Summary |
"Queercore is a queer and punk transmedia movement that was instigated in 1980s Toronto via the pages of the underground fanzine ("zine") J.D.s. Authored by G.B. Jones and Bruce LaBruce, J.D.s. declared "civil war" on the punk and gay and lesbian mainstreams, consolidating a subculture of likeminded filmmakers, zinesters, musicans and performers situated in pointed opposition to the homophobia of mainline punk and the lifeless sexual politics and exclusionary tendencies of dominant gay and lesbian society. More than thirty years later, queercore and its troublemaking productions remain under the radar, but still culturally and politically resonant. This book brings renewed attention to queercore, exploring the homology between queer theory/practice and punk theory/practice at the heart of queercore mediamaking. Through analysis of key queercore texts, this book also elucidates the tropes central to queercore's subcultural distinction: unashamed sexual representation, confrontational politics and "shocking" embodiments, including those related to size, ability and gender variance. An exploration of a specific transmedia subculture grounded in archival research, ethnographic interviews, theoretical argumentation and close analysis, ultimately, Queercore proffers a provocative, and tangible, new answer to the long-debated question, "What does it mean to be queer?""--Provided by publisher |
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Subculture -- Canada
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Punk culture -- Canada
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Homosexuality -- Philosophy
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Gender identity -- Philosophy
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Queer theory.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Gay Studies.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Lesbian Studies.
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Gender identity -- Philosophy
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Homosexuality -- Philosophy
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Punk culture
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Queer theory
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Subculture
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Canada
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781315317861 |
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1315317869 |
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