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Author Benshoff, Harry M., 1963-

Title Queer images : a history of gay and lesbian film in America / Harry M. Benshoff and Sean Griffin
Published Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Pub., [2006]
©2006

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 MELB  791.43653 Ben/Qia  DUE 13-05-24
Description viii, 321 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Series Genre and beyond
Genre and beyond.
Contents What is queer film history? -- From pansies to predators, queer characters in early American cinema -- Discreet charms, queer filmakers in classical Hollywood -- "Those wonderful people out there in the dark", queer audiences and classical Hollywood cinema -- Fear and loathing in postwar Hollywood -- Exploitation or art?, queer films beyond Hollywood -- Hollywood and the sexual revolution -- Producing pride, queers make movies -- Out of the closet and into the art house -- A matter of life and death, AIDS, activism, film and video -- Hollywood is burning, new queer cinema -- Queer eye for the straight Hollywood executive -- Queer independent film at the turn of the millennium
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Homosexuality in motion pictures.
Gays in motion pictures.
Homosexuality and motion pictures.
Motion pictures -- United States.
Author Griffin, Sean.
LC no. 2005012348
ISBN 0742519716 (cloth : alk. paper)
0742519724 (paperback: alk. paper)