Alexander Doty (1954–2012)

Author of Making Things Perfectly Queer: Interpreting Mass Culture

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Works by Alexander Doty

Out in Culture: Gay, Lesbian and Queer Essays on Popular Culture (Series Q) (1995) — Editor — 98 copies

Flaming Classics: Queering the Film Canon (2000) 52 copies, 2 reviews

The witch and the hysteric : the monstrous medieval in Benjamin Christensen's Häxan (2014) 3 copies

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Hop on Pop: The Politics and Pleasures of Popular Culture (2002) — Contributor — 48 copies

Mad Men, Mad World: Sex, Politics, Style, and the 1960s (2013) — Contributor — 24 copies

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Birthdate: 1954
Date of death: 2012-08-05
Gender: male
Education: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (PhD|English)
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (MA|English)
University of Texas at El Paso (BA|English)
Occupations: professor of English
film scholar
author
Organizations: Indiana University, Bloomington (Professor of Gender Studies and Communication and Culture)
Lehigh University (English department)
American University in Cairo
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Cornell University
Cause of death: injuries sustained (head injuries from a traffic collision)
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Waltham, Massachusetts, USA
Places of residence: Bloomington, Indiana, USA
Texas, USA
Place of death: Bermuda
Associated Place (for map): USA

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aijmiller 541 reviews

Flaming Classics: Queering the Film Canon by Alexander Doty

Just a delightful read. Doty is so aggressive in his readings, and it's really delightful. His rage during the Wizard of Oz chapter is so GOOD and palpable, and his reading of Psycho is super interesting and opens up so many doors for the future. I was less interested in the middle chapters, but that was mostly because I haven't seen those movies. (I also haven't seen Psycho, but reading the chapter makes me want to see it!) This book is so great and really changed my life, and I strongly show more encourage folks who are interested in having a good time check it out. show less

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tdfangirl 78 reviews

Flaming Classics: Queering the Film Canon by Alexander Doty

A collection of queer readings of classic cinema. Doty's lesbian reading of The Wizard of Oz was interesting, though I don't agree with him on all points, and I particularly liked his reading of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. One thing that irked me a bit was his habit of completely discounting straight readings of a text, particularly The Wizard of Oz.

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