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Author Dyer, Richard, 1945-

Title The matter of images : essays on representations / Richard Dyer
Published London ; New York : Routledge, 1993

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 MELB  791.43653 Dye/Moi  AVAILABLE
Description ix, 172 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents 1. Introduction -- 2. In a word -- 3. The role of stereotypes -- 4. Seen to be believed: some problems in the representation of gay people as typical -- 5. Homosexuality and film noir -- 6. Coming out as going in: the image of the homosexual as a sad young man -- 7. Victim: hegemonic project -- 8. Male sexuality in the media -- 9. Brief affairs -- 10. Papillon -- 11. Straight acting -- 12. A Passage to India -- 13. White
Analysis Cinema Films (Motion pictures) Special subjects Homosexuality
Cinema Films (Motion pictures) Special subjects Homosexuality
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Homosexuality in motion pictures.
Motion pictures -- Social aspects.
Stereotypes (Social psychology) in mass media.
LC no. 92037765
ISBN 0415057183
0415057191 (paperback)