Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. James Dean and the Fantasy of Rebellion

2. Stories without Endings: The Emergence of the “Authentic” James Dean

3. Identity Transformations: Mel Gibson’s Sexuality

4. Keanu Reeves and the Fantasy of Pansexuality

Afterword

Notes

Bibliography

Index

About the Author

Michael DeAngelis is Assistant Professor at the School for New Learning at DePaul University.

Reviews

"What is James Dean's appeal for generations of queer men? How did Mel Gibson win, and then alienate, a gay audience? What is behind Keanu Reeves's sexual ambiguity? You will discover the answers to these, and many other, provocative questions about male stars and their male fans in Michael DeAngelis's sharply argued and wonderfully written Gay Fandom and Crossover Stardom." - Alex Doty, author of Flaming Classics: Queering the Film Canon "An important contribution to star studies, one distinguished by the way that it convincingly brings together queer theory, cultural studies, and close textual analysis." - Steven Cohan, author of Masked Men: Masculinity and the Movies in the Fifties "A book that's conceptually top-heavy in spots, yet never loses sight of fandom's immoderate pleasures."--Sight and Sound, May 2002