Postracial Queer Romance: A Close Reading of Anthony Bowens and Michael Pavano's Interracial Relationship in YouTube (and Beyond)

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Journal of Communication Inquiry Pub Date : 2024-01-03 DOI:10.1177/01968599231220920

Shinsuke Eguchi

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Abstract

This essay is a close reading of YouTube's Michael & Anthony's video content in which mixed-race Black male pro wrestler Anthony Bowens and his white boyfriend Michael Pavano's romance is represented. The goal is to deploy queer of color critique to unpack how the interracial aspects of Bowens and Pavano's romance offer moments to question, critique, and reimagine the queer politics of interracial dating. Three themes emerge from this reading: reconstructing masc/femme coupling trope, counteracting interraciality, and optimism (and pessimism). This essay considers how Bowens and Pavano's romance reifies or resists postracialism working with the LGBTQ+ liberation movement.

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后种族同性恋：细读安东尼-鲍恩斯和迈克尔-帕瓦诺在 YouTube 上的异族关系（及其他）》（A Close Reading of Anthony Bowens and Michael Pavano's Interracial Relationship in YouTube (and Beyond)

这篇文章是对 YouTube 上的 "迈克尔与安东尼 "视频内容的细读，其中表现了混血黑人男性职业摔跤手安东尼-鲍恩斯和他的白人男友迈克尔-帕瓦诺的恋情。其目的是运用肤色同性恋批判来解读 Bowens 和 Pavano 恋情的跨种族方面如何为质疑、批判和重新想象跨种族约会的同性恋政治提供了契机。在阅读过程中，我们发现了三个主题：重构男/女联姻的特质、抵消异族性以及乐观主义（和悲观主义）。本文探讨了 Bowens 和 Pavano 的恋情如何与 LGBTQ+ 解放运动合作，重新定义或抵制后种族主义。

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Communication Inquiry emphasizes interdisciplinary inquiry into communication and mass communication phenomena within cultural and historical perspectives. Such perspectives imply that an understanding of these phenomena cannot arise soley out of a narrowly focused analysis. Rather, the approaches emphasize philosophical, evaluative, empirical, legal, historical, and/or critical inquiry into relationships between mass communication and society across time and culture. The Journal of Communication Inquiry is a forum for such investigations.