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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809395103321

Autore

Dyer Richard <1945, >

Titolo

The culture of queers [[electronic resource]] / Richard Dyer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2002

ISBN

1-134-59363-5

1-283-64236-0

1-134-59364-3

0-203-99639-9

1-280-13792-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (253 p.)

Disciplina

306.766

791.43086642

Soggetti

Gay people in popular culture

Homosexuality in motion pictures

Homosexuality in art

Homosexuality - Public opinion

Gay men - Attitudes

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

List Of Illustrations --  Introduction --  1. The Politics Of Gay Culture (With Derek Cohen) --  2. Believing In Fairies: The Author And The Homosexual --  3. Gay Misogyny --  4. It's Being So Camp As Keeps Us Going --  5. Dressing The Part --  6. It's In His Kiss!: Vampirism As Homosexuality, Homosexuality As Vampirism --  7. Queer Noir --  8. Coming Out As Going In: The Image Of The Homosexual As A Sad Young Man --  9. L'Air de Paris: No Place For Homosexuality --  10 Charles Hawtrey: Carrying On Regardless --  1 11. Rock: The Last Guy You'd Have Figured? --  12. Reading Fassbinder's Sexual Politics --  13. Idol Thoughts: Orgasm And Self-Reflexivity In Gay Pornography --  14. Homosexuality And Heritage --  Index.

Sommario/riassunto

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.--