Modern French Identities 97 Modern French Identities 97 Since the early 1980s, there has been a dramatic increase in the number G Florian Grandena and r of international gay/lesbian-themed visual productions, ranging from a n Cristina Johnston (eds) pornographic images and television programmes to advertising and d e graphic novels. Often originating from countries with a multicultural n a tradition (most notably Great Britain and the United States), this a cultural phenomenon has now reached many territories, including the n d French-speaking world. J o New Queer Images h What are the thematic and aesthetic convergences/divergences of such n s visual productions? Do such works develop problematics and approaches t o specific to areas such as metropolitan France or French-speaking Canada? n Representations of Homosexualities The eleven essays included in this collection (two in English and nine (e d in French) aim to answer these questions by offering in-depth and s in Contemporary Francophone ) challenging discussions of various queer-themed visual productions made • Visual Cultures in a contemporary Francophone context. Each contribution focuses on N e specific case studies drawn from auteur, pornographic and experimental w cinemas, as well as those based on analyses of images from television, Q printed media and contemporary art. u e e r I m a Florian Grandena is Assistant Professor in the Department of Commu- g nication of the University of Ottawa, where he teaches film studies. He e s is the author of many articles on French queer cinema and a book on new French political cinema entitled Showing the World to the World: Political Fictions in French Cinema of the 1990s and Early 2000s (2008). He is also the initiator of a cycle of conferences on gay/lesbian hyper- g visibility in contemporary Francophone visual cultures. n a Cristina Johnston is a Lecturer in French and Visual Cultures in the L School of Languages, Cultures and Religions at the University of Stirling. She has published articles on sexuality in contemporary French cinema, r e transatlantic cinematic relations and French Republican citizenship in the t post-PACS era, and the monograph French Minority Cinema (2010). e P ISBN 978-3-0343-0182-4 www.peterlang.com Modern French Identities 97 Modern French Identities 97 Since the early 1980s, there has been a dramatic increase in the number G Florian Grandena and r of international gay/lesbian-themed visual productions, ranging from a n Cristina Johnston (eds) pornographic images and television programmes to advertising and d e graphic novels. Often originating from countries with a multicultural n a tradition (most notably Great Britain and the United States), this a cultural phenomenon has now reached many territories, including the n d French-speaking world. J o New Queer Images h What are the thematic and aesthetic convergences/divergences of such n s visual productions? Do such works develop problematics and approaches t o specific to areas such as metropolitan France or French-speaking Canada? n Representations of Homosexualities The eleven essays included in this collection (two in English and nine (e d in French) aim to answer these questions by offering in-depth and s in Contemporary Francophone ) challenging discussions of various queer-themed visual productions made • Visual Cultures in a contemporary Francophone context. Each contribution focuses on N e specific case studies drawn from auteur, pornographic and experimental w cinemas, as well as those based on analyses of images from television, Q printed media and contemporary art. u e e r I m a Florian Grandena is Assistant Professor in the Department of Commu- g nication of the University of Ottawa, where he teaches film studies. He e s is the author of many articles on French queer cinema and a book on new French political cinema entitled Showing the World to the World: Political Fictions in French Cinema of the 1990s and Early 2000s (2008). He is also the initiator of a cycle of conferences on gay/lesbian hyper- g visibility in contemporary Francophone visual cultures. n a Cristina Johnston is a Lecturer in French and Visual Cultures in the L School of Languages, Cultures and Religions at the University of Stirling. She has published articles on sexuality in contemporary French cinema, r e transatlantic cinematic relations and French Republican citizenship in the t post-PACS era, and the monograph French Minority Cinema (2010). e P www.peterlang.com New Queer Images Modern French Identities Edited by Peter Collier Volume 97 PEtEr Lang Oxford l Bern l Berlin l Bruxelles l Frankfurt am Main l new York l Wien Florian grandena and Cristina Johnston (eds) New Queer Images representations of Homosexualities in Contemporary Francophone Visual Cultures PEtEr Lang Oxford l Bern l Berlin l Bruxelles l Frankfurt am Main l new York l Wien Bibliographic information published by Die Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Die Deutsche nationalbibliothek lists this publication in the Deutsche nationalbibliografie; detailed bibliographic data is available on the Internet at http://dnb.d-nb.de. a catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data: new queer images : representations of homosexualities in contemporary francophone visual cultures / Florian grandena and Cristina Johnston (eds). p. cm. -- (Modern French identities ; 97) In English and French. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBn 978-3-0343-0182-4 (alk. paper) 1. Homosexuality and the arts--French-speaking countries. I. grandena, Florian. II. Johnston, Cristina. 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Printed in germany Contents List of Illustrations vii Acknowledgements ix Florian Grandena and Cristina Johnston Introduction 1 Part 1 Alternative Images 9 Maxime Cervulle Le Sexe de la « racaille » : pornographie ethnique et volonté de sa/voir 11 Candice Nicolas Une Af faire de goût : palimpseste orphique et hypervisibilisation homosensuelle 31 Yekhan Pinarligil Ixe: l’anormalisation des normes 47 Matthieu Sabourin Fixing the Fluid: Coagulating Masculinities and Homo/Hetero Struggles for Visibility in Contemporary French Visual Arts 65 Part 2 Small Screens and Stage Performance 85 vi Jean-Baptiste Chantoiseau L’Homosexualité à saturation ? L’expérience identitaire et esthétique de la série Courts mais gay (2001–2007) 87 Fabien Rose Un Secret sous surveillance: gender passing et (sa)voir dans l’émission de téléréalité Secret Story I 101 Martine Gross Visibilités homoparentales 117 Nelly Quemener Humour et homosexualités : vers une queerisation de l’espace public 139 Part 3 Printed Images 159 Mathilde Brissonnet « Pas un putain de témoignage de merde » : au-delà de l’hypervisibilité d’un homosexuel dans son journal 161 Luc Dupont Sur la représentation de la communauté gaie dans la publicité du magazine Têtu 177 Bharain Mac an Bhreithiún Graphic Design and the Construction of Gay Masculinities in Kaiserin and Têtu 195 Notes on Contributors 213 Index 217 Illustrations Figure 1. Elia Eliev. 2006. CC.E. V (pink) – Disposable After Use, scanned chewing gum, 4" × 8" digital print. © Elia Eliev (artwork and photo). Reprinted with permission. Figure 2. Mathurin Stokh. 2007. Chocolate Salary, chocolate bar cast in coagulated human semen, 1¼" × 1¼" × ¼". © Mathurin Stokh (artwork and photos). Reprinted with permission. Figure 3. Mathurin Stokh. 2007. Chocolate Salary (detail, both sides shown), choco- late dollar cast in coagulated human semen, 1¼" × 1¼" × ¼". © Mathurin Stokh (artwork and photos). Reprinted with permission. Figure 4. Journal (3), Fabrice Neaud. Loïc Néhou of the publishing house x comme égo. Reprinted with permission. Figure 5. Journal (3), Fabrice Neaud. Loïc Néhou of the publishing house x comme égo. Reprinted with permission. Figure 6. Journal (4), Fabrice Neaud. Loïc Néhou of the publishing house x comme égo. Reprinted with permission. Figure 7. Journal, Fabrice Neaud. Loïc Néhou of the publishing house x comme égo. Reprinted with permission. Figure 8. Journal, Fabrice Neaud. Loïc Néhou of the publishing house x comme égo. Reprinted with permission. Figure 9. Boycam.fr. Figure 10. David Seidner, Untitled, 1993. © International Center of Photography, David Seidner Archive. Reprinted with permission. Figure 11. Jungle, The Gay Party. Figure 12. PinkBeach. viii Illustrations Figure 13. Têtu Sport cover. © Têtu. Reprinted with permission. Figure 14. © TÊTU #132, avril 2008. Reprinted with permission. Figure 15. KAISERIN 03 cover. © Kaiserin Magazine. Reprinted with permission. Every ef fort has been made to trace copyright holders and to obtain their permission for the use of copyright material. The publisher apologizes for any errors or omissions in the above list and would be grateful for notifi- cation of any corrections that should be incorporated in future reprints or editions of this book.