Queer images
Subtitle: a history of gay and lesbian film in America
By: Harry M. Benshoff and Sean Griffin.
Contributors: Griffin, Sean.
Series: Genre and beyond
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Pub.; Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 321
Subjects: Homosexuality in motion pictures; Gays in motion pictures; Homosexuality and motion pictures; Motion pictures -- United States
Description: 'Queer Images' chronicles the representation of lesbian, gay, bisexual and queer sexualities over 100 years in American film. This book explores not only the ever-changing images of queer characters onscreen, but also the work of queer filmmakers and thecultural histories of queer audiences.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: What is queer film history?; title: From pansies to predators, queer characters in early American cinema; title: Discreet charms, queer filmakers in classical Hollywood; title: "Those wonderful people out there in the dark", queer audiences and classical Hollywood cinema; title: Fear and loathing in postwar Hollywood; title: Exploitation or art?, queer films beyond Hollywood; title: Hollywood and the sexual revolution; title: Producing pride, queers make movies; title: Out of the closet and into the art house; title: A matter of life and death, AIDS, activism, film and video; title: Hollywood is burning, new queer cinema; title: Queer eye for the straight Hollywood executive; title: Queer independent film at the turn of the millennium.