queerqueen

From the twins Osugi and Peeco to longstanding icon Miwa Akihiro, Claire Maree traces the figure of the Japanese queerqueen, showing how a diversity of gender identifications, sexual orientations, and discursive styles are commodified and packaged together to form this character. Representations of gay men's speech have changed in tandem with gender norms, increasingly crossing over into popular media via the body of the "authentic" gay male up to and including the current "LGBT boom" in Japan. In this context, queerqueen demonstrates how commercial practices of recording, transcribing, and editing spoken interactions and use of on-screen text encode queerqueen speech as inherently excessive and in need of containment. Tackling questions of authenticity, self-censorship, and the restrictions of heteronormativity within this perception of queer excess, Maree shows how queerqueen styles reproduce stereotypes of gender, sexuality, and desire that are essential to the business of mainstream entertainment.

De la gemenii Osugi si Peeco pana la icoana de lunga durata Miwa Akihiro, Claire Maree urmareste figura reginei japoneze, aratand cum diversitatea identificarilor de gen, a orientarilor sexuale si a stilurilor discursive sunt comodificate si ambalate impreuna pentru a forma acest personaj. Reprezentarile vorbirii barbatilor homosexuali s-au schimbat in tandem cu normele de gen, trecand din ce in ce mai mult in mass-media populara prin corpul barbatului gay „autentic” pana la „boomul LGBT” actual din Japonia si inclusiv.