The Celluloid Closet: Homosexuality in the Movies
Praised by the Chicago Tribune as "an impressive study" and written with incisive wit and searing perception--the definitive, highly acclaimed landmark work on the portrayal of homosexuality in film.
Praised by the Chicago Tribune as "an impressive study" and written with incisive wit and searing perception--the definitive, highly acclaimed landmark work on the portrayal of homosexuality in film.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780060961329 (0060961325)
ASIN: 0060961325
Publish date: 1987-09-20
Publisher: Harper & Row
Pages no: 368
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
History,
Media Tie In,
Movies,
Art,
Culture,
Film,
Sexuality,
Glbt,
Queer,
Gay,
Lesbian
Rating: 3* of fiveA groundbreaking revelation when it came out almost 30 years ago, this book, as revised by its author in 1987, is very dated; and it's never been my idea of a prose paradigm.I admit I was going down the primrose path of nostalgia when I decided to read this revised edition. I'd rea...