Queer Images

by Benshoff, Harry M.; Griffin, Sean

• ISBN13: 9780742519725
• ISBN10: 0742519724
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-10-06
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

Queer Images chronicles representations of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer sexualities over one hundred years of American film. The most up-to-date and comprehensive book of its kind, it explores the ever-changing images of queer characters onscreen as well as the work of queer filmmakers and the cultural histories of queer audiences--from the works of discreetly homosexual filmmakers during Hollywood's Golden Age and classical Hollywood's attempt to purge sex perversion from films, to queer exploitation and physique films, cinematic responses to AIDS, and how contemporary Hollywood deals with queer issues. An essential volume for film buffs and anyone interested in sexuality and culture. Visit our website for sample chapter!

Author Biography

Harry M. Benshoff is associate professor of radio, television, and film at the University of North Texas and author of Monsters in Closet Sean Griffin is associate professor of film and media studies at Southern Methodist University and author of Tinker Belles and Evil Queens

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
Introduction What Is Queer Film History?	1	(18)
From Pansies to Predators: Queer Characters in Early American Cinema	19	(22)
Discreet Charms: Queer Filmmakers in Classical Hollywood	41	(22)
``Those Wonderful People Out There in the Dark'': Queer Audiences and Classical Hollywood Cinema	63	(22)
Fear and Loathing in Postwar Hollywood	85	(22)
Exploitation or Art? Queer Films beyond Hollywood	107	(22)
Hollywood and the Sexual Revolution	129	(24)
Producing Pride: Queers Make Movies	153	(24)
Out of the Closet and into the Art House	177	(24)
A Matter of Life and Death: AIDS, Activism, Film, and Video	201	(18)
Hollywood Is Burning: New Queer Cinema	219	(28)
Queer Eye for the Straight Hollywood Executive	247	(20)
Queer Independent Film at the Turn of the Millennium	267	(26)
Select Bibliography	293	(6)
Index	299	(22)
About the Authors	321