Cargando…

Montgomery Clift, Queer Star /

Strikingly beautiful and exceptionally talented, Montgomery Clift was at the peak of his fame in 1956 when a devastating car crash nearly destroyed his face. While this traumatic event robbed him of his heartthrob status and turned him into a somewhat disturbing, socially alienated character, the au...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Girelli, Elisabetta
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Detroit : Wayne State University Press, [2013]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Montgomery Clift and queer theory
  • Irruption in Hollywood : the beautiful boy
  • The peak of stardom : desire, multiplicity, deviancy
  • The 1956 car accident and a new queerness
  • The final period : "abnormality," asexuality, asynchrony
  • Epilogue.