"Mark Matthews stars in ‘Anatomy is Hard!’ a struggling student tries to make the grade with his professor”: sexual humour and queer space in coming out on top
dc.contributor | Rutter Giappone, Krista Bonello | |
dc.contributor | Majkowski, Tomasz Z. | |
dc.contributor | Švelch, Jaroslav | |
dc.contributor.author | Poirier-Poulin, Samuel | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-07-04T12:14:11Z | |
dc.date.available | MONTHS_WITHHELD:24 | fr |
dc.date.available | 2022-07-04T12:14:11Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2022-03-27 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1866/26711 | |
dc.publisher | Palgrave Macmillan | fr |
dc.subject | Sexual humour | fr |
dc.subject | Incongruity theory | fr |
dc.subject | Pornography | fr |
dc.subject | Sexuality studies | fr |
dc.subject | Visual novel | fr |
dc.subject | Dating simulator | fr |
dc.subject | Netnography | fr |
dc.subject | Close reading | fr |
dc.title | "Mark Matthews stars in ‘Anatomy is Hard!’ a struggling student tries to make the grade with his professor”: sexual humour and queer space in coming out on top | fr |
dc.type | Chapitre de livre / Book chapter | fr |
dc.contributor.affiliation | Université de Montréal. Faculté des arts et des sciences. Département d'histoire de l'art et d'études cinématographiques | fr |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1007/978-3-030-88338-6_14 | |
dcterms.abstract | Despite an increase over the years in the number of video games with queer content, queer characters in most games continue to be tragically framed. Coming Out on Top (COOT hereafter; 2014), a gay-themed visual novel and dating simulator, contrasts with these games for its comic and fun depiction of the life of gay men. While the game has been criticised for reinforcing the idea of consumable gay male bodies, a quick look at player review figures on Steam reveals that most players enjoyed the game. This research uses the tools of netnography and close reading to analyse sexual humour in COOT and aims to create a dialogue between my own gayming experience, the experience of other players, and previous scholarship on humour. I ultimately argue that COOT leaves a positive impression on queer players because it offers them something relatively new in the world of video games: the possibility to laugh and imagine their lives in a positive and fun way. | fr |
dcterms.description | Contient du contenu explicite (pornographique). | fr |
dcterms.isPartOf | urn:ISBN:9783030883386 | fr |
dcterms.language | eng | fr |
UdeM.ReferenceFournieParDeposant | Poirier-Poulin, S. (2022) “Mark Matthews stars in ‘Anatomy is Hard!’ A struggling student tries to make the grade with his professor”: Sexual humour and queer space in Coming out on top. Dans K. Bonello Rutter Giappone, T. Majkowski et J. Švelch (dir.), Video games and comedy (p. 271-288). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-88338-6_14 | fr |
oaire.citationTitle | Video games and comedy | fr |
oaire.citationStartPage | 271 | fr |
oaire.citationEndPage | 288 | fr |
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