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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. A collection of articles about mainly gay men in and with relation to cultural products chiefly in the pre-Stonewall era; topics range from early cinema with gay and lesbian themes to heritage films to porn, and from vampires to Rock Hudson. ( ) no reviews | add a review
For around a hundred years up to the Stonewall riots, the word used for gay men was 'queers'. In The Culture of Queers, Richard Dyer traces the contours of queer culture, examining the differences and continuities with the gay culture which succeeded it. Opening with a discussion of the very concept of 'queers', Dyer asks what it means to speak of a sexual grouping having a culture, and addresses issues such as gay attitudes to women and the notion of camp. From screaming queens to sensitive vampires and sad young men, and from pulp novels to pornography to the films of Fassbinder, The Culture of Queers explores the history of queer arts and media. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)306.766Social sciences Social Sciences; Sociology and anthropology Culture and Institutions Relations between the sexes, sexualities, love Sexual orientation, gender identity HomosexualityLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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