Queer Cinema in America: An Encyclopedia of LGBTQ Films, Characters, and Stories - Hardcover

Malone, Aubrey

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1440867151 ISBN 13: 9781440867156

Publisher: Greenwood, 2019

Synopsis

Explore queer cinema over time with this comprehensive encyclopedia, helping readers understand films, directors, actors, themes, and other topics related to LGBTQ cinema history.

Just as American society has changed dramatically from decade to decade, so has queer cinema. Taking us from a time when LGBTQ characters were often represented as either caricatures or figures of farce, this lively yet authoritative reference explores the sea change ushered in by such stars as Greta Garbo and Marlene Dietrich in the 1930s and '40s, androgynous figures such as Montgomery Clift, James Dean, and Marlon Brando in the '50s, and closeted gay men such as Rock Hudson and Liberace, whose double lives were exposed by the scourge of AIDS.

Included are alphabetically arranged entries on stars, directors, films, themes, and other topics related to queer cinema in America, including films and persons from outside the U.S. who nonetheless figured prominently in America popular culture. Entries cite works for further reading, sidebars provide snippets of interesting trivia, a timeline highlights key events, and a selected, general, end-of-work bibliography cites the most important major works on the topic.

About this title

About the Author

Aubrey Malone is a freelance journalist who has been writing professionally about cinema since 1972. He has written numerous biographies, film studies, and magazine articles.

Edition details

• Publisher: Greenwood
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1440867151
• ISBN 13: 9781440867156
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 376