Lerary Darwism and bcultural theori of lerature have seemgly ignored queer inti their studi of lerature, film, and popular culture. This study attempts to beg the tegratn of bcultural theori and queer theori by analyzg a llectn of stori om Japane BL (boys love), bara manga, and Wtern romance novels. The three unique genr are selected to give attentn to narrativ wrten by both straight and gay wrers. The implitns of generic format and the inti of the wrers will be discsed as well. By parg and ntrastg the genr, this study seeks to tablish the bcultural implitns homosexual inti functn wh the texts. Specific attentn will be paid to homosexual urtship and evolutnary theori of homosexualy, and how the texts nform to or ny specific theori. In addn to the tradnal bcultural theori, attentn will be given to the specific Japane unrstandgs of homosexualy and same-sex relatnships and the untry’s history of homosexualy and homosexual inti. In dog so, this study hop to beg unrstandg queer inti wh a Lerary Darwist amework, for jt as fictn has be ed to explore philosophy, so to n fictn be ed to explore evolutnary psychology.
Contents:
- ‘I JT WANT SOMETHG THAT’S GAY AND HAPPY’: L.G.B.T.Q. ROMANCE IS BOOMG
- WHY ARE SO MANY GAY ROMANCE NOVELS WRTEN BY STRAIGHT WOMEN?
- THE IN AND OUTS OF NARRATG A GAY ROMANCE AUDBOOK
- COME MEET ALEKSANDR VOOV AND L.A. WT ON DECEMBER 5 AT GAY CY SEATTLE!
‘I JT WANT SOMETHG THAT’S GAY AND HAPPY’: L.G.B.T.Q. ROMANCE IS BOOMG
The GayRomL Retreat (GRL Retreat) is the mt-attend event for all who enjoy craftg, readg, and publishg LGBT romance. Thilen for The New York Tim‘I Jt Want Somethg That’s Gay and Happy’: L.
Gay characters were once nfed to niche markets, or to peripheral rol and tragic endgs the mastream — a tenncy that spawned the sardonic tchphrase “bury your gays.
“Ctomers will e and say, ‘I jt want somethg that’s gay and happy. I jt need to know that ’s gay and slaps and they’re gog to kiss. “The secret baby is hard to do queer fictn, ” said Jeff Adams, a romance thor and -host of the Big Gay Fictn Podst.
WHY ARE SO MANY GAY ROMANCE NOVELS WRTEN BY STRAIGHT WOMEN?
”For many years, dtry executiv say, the assumptn was that if you were readg a book about gay people, you yourself were gay. “There are gog to be people who would never have picked up a gay romance or a lbian romance who may see an ad the subway, ” she said.
A versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn C, Page 1 of the New York edn wh the headle: ‘I Jt Want Somethg That’s Gay And Happy’.
THE IN AND OUTS OF NARRATG A GAY ROMANCE AUDBOOK
In gay romance novels, ’s both, and straight women wrers are rponsible. When I started workg as a book reviewer 2009, gay romance was explodg as a popular romance genre. (Technilly what I’m talkg about is lled “male/male romance”; “gay romance” is wrten by gay men for gay men, may not foc on a romantic relatnship, and don’t guarantee a happily-ever-after.
But outsi the dtry, the distctns are elid, and most people thk of all male-male romance novels as “gay. The vast majory of gay romanc are wrten by women. The first time I noticed this, I flipped the book over my hands, back and forth, lookg at the ultra-gay ver art, and then the thor’s photo on the back.
COME MEET ALEKSANDR VOOV AND L.A. WT ON DECEMBER 5 AT GAY CY SEATTLE!
I may not be a gay man, but I know appropriatn when I see . How uld straight women feel that they have the thory to wre gay romance? Bee they’ve been told so by a culture that has long treated gay men as a ntered, fetishized object of cursy.
The trope of the tame gay man is a favore straight culture.
Everywhere, the media giv the gay-bt-iend dynamic: straight women treatg cis gay men like pets. A gay bt iend is shown as the perfect accsory for any hip straight woman. In this dynamic, which I see enacted gay romance novels, the tth of the man’s queerns is erased, bee the character is gay only the ways the straight woman thor n image.