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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819931003321

Autore

Needham Gary

Titolo

Brokeback Mountain [[electronic resource] /] / Gary Needham

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, 2010

ISBN

0-7486-5125-X

1-282-62017-7

9786612620171

0-7486-3384-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (153 p.)

Collana

American indies

Classificazione

24.32

Disciplina

791.4372

Soggetti

Homosexuality in motion pictures

Western films

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 (p. [131]-137) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Series Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Brokaholics Anonymous; 1. The Indie in Focus; 2. Queering the Western; 3. A Pathetic State of Affairs: Brokeback Mountain and Melodrama; 4. When Jack and Ennis Meet: Cruising as a Mode of Gay Spectatorship; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Upon its release in 2005, Brokeback Mountain became a major cultural event and a milestone in independent American filmmaking. Based on the short story by Annie Proulx and directed by Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain situated a love story between two closeted cowboys at the heart of American mythology, film spectatorship and genre. It offered an independent and queer revision of the conventions and clichés of the western and the melodrama through a studied exploration of homophobia and the closet. This book examines the movie in relation to indie cinema, genre, spectatorshi