Queer Images: A History of Gay and Lesbian Film in America

by Harry M. Benshoff and Terry Griffin

Book Overview

From Thomas Edison's first cinematic experiments to contemporary Hollywood blockbusters, Queer Images chronicles the representation of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer sexualities over one hundred years of American film. The most up-to-date and comprehensive book of its kind, it explores not only the ever-changing images of queer characters onscreen, but also the work of queer filmmakers and the cultural histories of queer audiences. Queer Images...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742519716
• ISBN13: 9780742519718
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"