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Queer sexualities in early film : cinema and male-male intimacy /

"Since the publication of Vito Russo's seminal study The Celluloid Closet in 1981, much has been written about the representation of queer characters on screen. Until now, however, relatively little attention has been paid to how queer sexualities were portrayed in films from the silent an...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brown, Shane (Shane Lee)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : I.B. Tauris, 2016.
Colección:Library of gender and popular culture.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Author bio; Endorsement; Series information; Title page; Copyright information; Table of contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Seen But Not Heard: Representations of Gay Men in European Cinema, 1916-28; Introduction; Anders als die Andern: A Rallying Cry; Vingarne and Michael: Ghosts of Oscar Wilde; Geschlecht in Fesseln: Homosexuality as Lifestyle Choice; Wege zu Kraft und Schönheit and the Wandervogel Movement; Conclusion; 2 'Laughing at him will do as much to cure him as compulsory football': American Film, the Sissy and the Fop; Introduction: America
  • A Country in Crisis.
  • America and the 'Masculinity Crisis'The Sissy; The Fop; Reinforcing the Stereotypes: Gay Directors and Gay Representation; Conclusion; 3 Romantic Friendships and the College Film; The Romantic Friendship in Twentieth Century Culture; Romantic Friendships and the Wandervogel Movement; Conclusion; 4 'Wonderful, Terrible Days': The War Film and Depictions of the Buddy Relationship; Introduction; Emotional Connections: The Late 1920s War Cycle; Back to the Beginning: The First-War Film Cycle; The Influences of Literature; Conclusion.
  • 5 Madmen, Murderers and Monsters: Queerness in the Early Horror FilmMass Murderers and Master Criminals; Nineteenth Century Literature, Culture and Society, and the Horror Film; Conclusion; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.