Includes filmography (p. 119-124), bibliographical references (p.125-133) and index.
Contents:
The origins of queer cinema : schoolgirls, vampires and cross-dressers -- Camp : where art meets trash -- Stonewall and the positive identification figure -- New queer cinema : a new aesthetic language -- Gay cowboys, fabulous femmes and global queers.
Summary:
Traces the representation of gays and lesbians from the sexual liberation movements of the roaring 1920s in Berlin to the Stonewall Rebellion in New York City and the emergence of queer activism and film in the early 1990s. Highlights key films that emerged at historical turning points throughout the twentieth century.
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