Vampires and Violets: Lesbians in Film
by Andrea Weiss
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Andrea Weiss reclaims the lesbian film heritage from early silent cinema to the Hollywood of yesteryear to today's art and independent cinema. She takes on Hollywood and how Tinsel Town exploits lesbian characters in its films. She looks at the appeal of stars to lesbian audiences. She explores camp, gives a view of vampire films in their gory detail and tests out her ideas upon readers who will also be film buffs. She also gives attention to modern film directors like Chantal Akerman, Su show more Friedrich, Marlene Gorris and Ulrike Ottinger. show lessTags
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A revelatory survey of lesbian identity in film--from the crossdressing stars like Garbo, Dietrich, and Hepburn to the vampire movies of the late '60s, Silkwood and The Color Purple. With wit and political acumen, Weiss reveals the concealed world of a host of movies both popular and forgotten. 160 photos.
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Andrea Weiss is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and nonfiction-author. Her most recent book, In the Shadow of the Magic Mountain: The Erika and Klaus Mann Story won the Publishing Triangle Award for nonfiction. She has been granted fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, National Endowment for the Arts, New York State show more Council on the Arts, and New York Foundation for the Arts, as well as an Emmy Award for her documentary Before Stonewall. She lives in New York City and teaches at The City College of New York. show less
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- Canonical DDC/MDS
- 791.4365206643
- Canonical LCC
- PN1995.9.L48
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- Sexuality and Gender Studies, LGBTQ+, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, History
- DDC/MDS
- 791.4365206643 — Arts & recreation Recreation, sports, and performing arts Public performances Motion pictures, radio, television, podcasting Motion pictures Special aspects of films; film adaptations, film genres {class specific films in 791.437} Films dealing with humanity Specific groups of people
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- PN1995.9 .L48 — Language and Literature Literature (General) Literature (General) Drama Motion pictures
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- English, German
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