The Sexual Imaginarium: A Reappraisal

Karen Tongson is associate professor of English, gender and sexuality studies, and American studies and ethnicity at the University of Southern California. She is the author of Relocations: Queer Suburban Imaginaries (New York University Press, 2011) and the forthcoming Why Karen Carpenter Matters (ForeEdge). She also has two books in progress: “Empty Orchestra: Karaoke, Queer Performance, Queer Theory” (Duke University Press) and “NORMPORN: Queer TV Spectatorship after the ‘New Normalcy.”’ Postmillennial Pop, the award-winning book series she coedits with Henry Jenkins at NYU Press, has published over fifteen titles. You can also hear Karen talk about pop culture, the arts, and entertainment on the weekly Pop Rocket Podcast, hosted by Guy Branum.

Scott Herring is James H. Rudy Professor of English at Indiana University. He is the author, most recently, of The Hoarders: Material Deviance in Modern American Culture (University of Chicago Press, 2014).