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Celluloid activist : the life and times of Vito Russo / Michael Schiavi.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schiavi, Michael R.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Russo, Vito.
- Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (New York, N.Y.)--History--20th century.
- Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (New York, N.Y.).
- ACT UP New York (Organization)--History--20th century.
- ACT UP New York (Organization).
- Film historians--United States--Biography.
- Film historians.
- Gay activists--United States--Biography.
- Gay activists.
- Homosexuality in motion pictures--History--20th century.
- Homosexuality in motion pictures.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 361 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The first critical biography of gay-rights activist Vito Russo.Celluloid Activistilluminates, through the life of this fascinating individual, some of the most explosive cultural revolutions in American history and significantly expands the fields of gay film studies, biography, and history.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Birth of a New Yorker
- 2. Jersey Boy
- 3. Return of the Native
- 4. Birth of an Activist
- 5. "Professional Movement Flash and Trash"
- 6. Building the Closet
- 7. "A Time of Major Change"
- 8. The Activist in Wartime
- Afterword
- Notes
- Interviews and Personal Communications
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613244406
- 9780299282394
- 0299282392
- 9781283244404
- 1283244403
- 9780299282332
- 0299282333
- OCLC:
- 757736367
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