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Queer images : a history of gay and lesbian film in America / Harry M. Benshoff and Sean Griffin.
Van Pelt Library PN1995.9.H55 B44 2006
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LIBRA PN1995.9.H55 B44 2006
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Benshoff, Harry M., 1963-
- Series:
- Genre and beyond
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Homosexuality in motion pictures.
- Gay people in motion pictures.
- Homosexuality and motion pictures.
- Motion pictures--United States.
- Motion pictures.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 321 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, [2006]
- Summary:
- Queer Images chronicles representations of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer sexualities over one hundred years of American film. The most up-to-date and comprehensive book of its kind, it explores the ever-changing images of queer characters onscreen as well as the work of queer filmmakers and the cultural histories of queer audiences--from the works of discreetly homosexual filmmakers during Hollywood's Golden Age and classical Hollywood's attempt to purge sex perversion from films, to queer exploitation and physique films, cinematic responses to AIDS, and how contemporary Hollywood deals with queer issues. An essential volume for film buffs and anyone interested in sexuality and culture. Visit our website for sample chapters!
- Contents:
- Introduction: What Is Queer Film History? 1
- Chapter 1 From Pansies to Predators: Queer Characters in Early American Cinema 19
- Chapter 2 Discreet Charms: Queer Filmmakers in Classical Hollywood 41
- Chapter 3 "Those Wonderful People Out There in the Dark": Queer Audiences and Classical Hollywood Cinema 63
- Chapter 4 Fear and Loathing in Postwar Hollywood 85
- Chapter 5 Exploitation or Art? Queer Films beyond Hollywood 107
- Chapter 6 Hollywood and the Sexual Revolution 129
- Chapter 7 Producing Pride: Queers Make Movies 153
- Chapter 8 Out of the Closet and into the Art House 177
- Chapter 9 A Matter of Life and Death: AIDS, Activism, Film, and Video 201
- Chapter 10 Hollywood Is Burning: New Queer Cinema 219
- Chapter 11 Queer Eye for the Straight Hollywood Executive 247
- Chapter 12 Queer Independent Film at the Turn of the Millennium 267.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-298) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0742519716
- 0742519724
- OCLC:
- 60188500
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