Brokeback Mountain / Gary Needham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Needham, Gary.

Series:

American indies.

American indies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Proulx, Annie. Brokeback Mountain.

Proulx, Annie.

Brokeback Mountain (Motion picture).

Homosexuality in motion pictures.

Western films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (153 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Upon its release in 2005, Brokeback Mountain became a major cultural event and a milestone in independent American filmmaking. Based on the short story by Annie Proulx and directed by Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain situated a love story between two closeted cowboys at the heart of American mythology, film spectatorship and genre. It offered an independent and queer revision of the conventions and clichés of the western and the melodrama through a studied exploration of homophobia and the closet. This book examines the movie in relation to indie cinema, genre, spectatorshi

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Series Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Brokaholics Anonymous; 1. The Indie in Focus; 2. Queering the Western; 3. A Pathetic State of Affairs: Brokeback Mountain and Melodrama; 4. When Jack and Ennis Meet: Cruising as a Mode of Gay Spectatorship; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [131]-137) and index.

ISBN:

0-7486-5125-X

1-282-62017-7

9786612620171

0-7486-3384-7

OCLC:

638860169