Nelson Sullivan's Video Memories
YouTube Nostalgia and the Queer Archive Effect
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21456696 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joseph DeLeon (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 86 |
| Pages | 16-26 |
| Publication date | 2020-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Velvet Light Trap (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0149-1830 • E-ISSN: 1542-4251 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.7560/vlt8603 |
| OpenAlex | W3086370405 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
This article argues that Nelson Sullivan’s video archive on YouTube reveals a “queer archive effect” on streaming platforms today. Through the nostalgic pull of witnessing everyday life in the 1980s, a period often historicized as one of loss amid the AIDS crisis, Sullivan’s audience has found a space where they can unite as a queer community and gather the threads of a shared history. Long confined to the background of histories of other queer stars, such as RuPaul, Nelson Sullivan’s video archive of the mundane offers a way to understand the nostalgic contours of queer spectatorship and fandom online
Aesthetics · Art · Everyday life · Fandom · Media studies · Political science · Queer · Sociology · Space (punctuation) · Visual arts · Asian Culture and Media Studies · Computer Science · Gender Studies · Media Studies and Communication · Music History and Culture
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |