Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Archaic Modernism -- 1. Queer Oedipus: Oedipus Rex (1967) -- 2. A Cinema of (Queer) Poetry: Medea (1969) -- 3. Before the Beginning /After the End: Appunti per un'Orestiade africana (1970/1973/1975) -- Conclusion: The Aesthetics of Death -- Appendix: Filmography of Motion Pictures Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author