Description: THE CELLULOID CLOSET HOMOSEXUALITY IN THE MOVIES REVISED EDITION by Vito Russo TRIANGLE CLASSICS New condition PAPERBACKWhen Vito Russo published the first edition of The Celluloid Closet in 1981, there was little question that it was a groundbreaking book. Today it is still one of the most informative and provocative books written about gay people and popular culture. By examining the images of homosexuality and gender variance in Hollywood films from the 1920s to the present, Russo traced a history not only of how gay men and lesbians had been erased or demonized in movies but in all of American culture as well. Chronicling the depictions of gay people such as the "sissy" roles of Edward Everett Horton and Franklin Pangborn in 1930s comedies or predatory lesbians in 1950s dramas (see Lauren Bacall in Young Man with a Horn and Barbara Stanwyck in Walk on the Wild Side), Russo details how homophobic stereotypes have both reflected and perpetrated the oppression of gay people. In the revised edition, published a year before his death in 1990, Russo added information on the new wave of independent and gay-produced films--The Times of Harvey Milk, Desert Hearts, Buddies--that emerged during the 1980s. --Michael Bronski
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Book Title: THE CELLULOID CLOSET Revised Edition
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Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Publisher: Quality Paperback Book Club
Original Language: English
Item Length: 5.5 in
Edition: Revised Edition
Publication Year: 1995
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Literary Movement: LGBTQ+ FILM HISTORY
Item Height: 8.5 in
Author: Vito Russo
Genre: LGBTQ+ HISTORY/FILM
Topic: HOMOSEXUALITY IN THE MOVIES
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Item Weight: 16 oz
Number of Pages: 369 pages
