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Racialized masculinities and the new homonormativity in LOGO's Noah's Arc.
1Department of Communication Studies, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California 94132, USA. gyep@sfsu.edu
Journal of Homosexuality
|August 29, 2012
Summary
This study analyzes the LOGO television series Noah's Arc, exploring how neoliberalism, race, and gender performance intersect with racialized masculinities and homonormativity in Black gay representation.
Area of Science:
- Cultural Studies
- Media Analysis
- Sociology
Background:
- Examines the popular LOGO television series Noah's Arc.
- Addresses gay, lesbian, and queer visibility in U.S. popular culture.
- Introduces the concept of new homonormativity.
Purpose of the Study:
- To analyze the relationship between neoliberalism, race, and gender performance.
- To investigate the intricate connection between racialized masculinities and new homonormativity.
- To explore how Noah's Arc represents and potentially alters perceptions of Black masculinity.
Main Methods:
- Provides an overview of the LOGO series.
- Examines existing literature on queer visibility and homonormativity.
- Discusses the intersection of race and masculinity.
- Conducts a close reading and analysis of the television show.
Main Results:
- Identifies specific forms of racialized masculinities within the show.
- Analyzes the manifestation of new homonormativity in the series' narrative.
- Explores the "queering" and "quaring" of Black masculinity through the show's representations.
Conclusions:
- Offers concluding thoughts on the representations of racialized masculinities.
- Discusses the implications of these representations for understanding homonormativity in popular media.
- Highlights the show's role in shaping cultural understandings of Black gay identity and masculinity.
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