Queer Sexualities in Early Film: Cinema and Male-Male Intimacy

by Shane Brown

Book Overview

Since the publication of Vito Russo's seminal study The Celluloid Closet in 1981, much has been written about the representation of queer characters on screen. Until now, however, relatively little attention has been paid to how queer sexualities were portrayed in films from the silent and early sound period. By looking in detail at a succession of recently-found films and revisiting others, Shane Brown examines images of male-male intimacy, buddy...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350259020
• ISBN13: 9781350259027
• Release Date: July 2022
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"