Straight skin, gay masks and pretending to be gay on screen:

"Straight Skin, Gay Masks and Pretending to Be Gay on Screen examines cinematic depictions of pretending-to-be-gay, assessing performances that reflect heteronormative and explicitly homophobic attitudes, but also offer depictions of gay selfhood with more nuanced multidirectional identificatio...

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Main Author: Padva, Gilad 1967- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon Routledge 2020
Series:Research in sexualities
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Online Access:Volltext
Summary:"Straight Skin, Gay Masks and Pretending to Be Gay on Screen examines cinematic depictions of pretending-to-be-gay, assessing performances that reflect heteronormative and explicitly homophobic attitudes, but also offer depictions of gay selfhood with more nuanced multidirectional identifications. The case of straight protagonists pretending to be gay on screen is the ideal context in which to study unanticipated progressivity and dissidence in regard to cultural construction of human sexualities in the face of theatricalized epistemological collapse. Teasing apart the dynamics of depictions of both sexual stability and fluidity in cinematic images of men pretending to be gay offers new insights into such salient issues as sexual vulnerability and dynamics and long-term queer visibility in a politically complicated mass culture which is mostly produced in heteronormative and even hostile cultural environment. Additionally, this book initially examines queer uses of sexuality masquerade in Alternate Gay World Cinema that allegorically features a world pretending to be gay, in which straights are harassed and persecuted, in order to expose the tragic consequences of sexual intolerance whatsoever. Films and TV examined as part of the analysis include 'The Gay Deceivers'. 'Victor/Victoria', 'Happy Texas' and William Friedkin's 'Cruising'. This is a fascinating and important study relevant to students and researchers in Film Studies, Media Studies, Gender Studies, Queer Studies , Sexuality Studies, Communication Studies and Cultural Studies"--
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 08, 2020)
Physical Description:1 online resource (vii, 195 pages) illustrations
ISBN:9780429287442
0429287445
9781000057553
1000057550
9781000057614
1000057615
9781000057676
1000057674

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