02758nam 2200613 a 450 991081293440332120200520144314.00-8166-9356-0(CKB)1000000000346825(EBL)310572(OCoLC)171126868(SSID)ssj0000163006(PQKBManifestationID)11170074(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000163006(PQKBWorkID)10105848(PQKB)11021725(MiAaPQ)EBC310572(OCoLC)133167915(MdBmJHUP)muse39260(Au-PeEL)EBL310572(CaPaEBR)ebr10151247(CaONFJC)MIL522625(EXLCZ)99100000000034682520011001d2002 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe girls in the back room looking at the lesbian bar /Kelly Hankin1st ed.Minneapolis University of Minnesota Pressc20021 online resource (230 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8166-3929-9 0-8166-3928-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-184) and index.Contents; Come Here Often?; ONE: Looking at the Lesbian Bar in the Twentieth Century; TWO: Lesbians on Location; THREE: Badass Supermama Meets Foxy Brown; FOUR: Wish We Didn't Have to Meet Secretly?; Conclusion, or Confessions of a Former Lesbian Barfly; Acknowledgments; Notes; Works Cited; Films, Videos, and Television Programs Cited; IndexThe lesbian bar has long been seen as a mysterious place, steeped in mythologies of clandestine meetings and sexuality that is alluring because it is wayward and sinful. Kelly Hankin focuses on the lesbian bar, looking at how it is portrayed in such films as Foxy Brown, The Killing of Sister George, Basic Instinct, Bound, and Chasing Amy; in television series like The Simpsons, Xena: Warrior Princess, Roseanne, Ellen, and Sex and the City; and in independent, lesbian-produced documentaries. The Girls in the Back Room provides an engaging historical and theoretical analysis of the visual lesbiaLesbian bars in motion picturesLesbianism in motion picturesLesbians in motion picturesLesbian bars in motion pictures.Lesbianism in motion pictures.Lesbians in motion pictures.791.43/653Hankin Kelly1162127MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910812934403321The girls in the back room4127802UNINA