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The B Word : Bisexuality in Contemporary Film and Television /

Often disguised in public discourse by terms like "gay," "homoerotic," "homosocial," or "queer," bisexuality is often absent from queer studies and virtually untreated in film and media criticism. The author aims to explore the central role bisexuality plays i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: San Filippo, Maria (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2013]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Often disguised in public discourse by terms like "gay," "homoerotic," "homosocial," or "queer," bisexuality is often absent from queer studies and virtually untreated in film and media criticism. The author aims to explore the central role bisexuality plays in contemporary screen culture, establishing its importance in representation, marketing, and spectatorship. By examining a variety of media genres including art cinema, sexploitation movies, vampire films, "bromances," and series television, the author discovers "missed moments" where bisexual readings of these texts reveal a more malleable notion of subjectivity and eroticism.
Item Description:Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of California, Los Angeles.
Physical Description:1 online resource (294 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780253008923