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...
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Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés |
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Detroit :
Wayne State University Press,
[2013]
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Collection: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- 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.