02831nam 2200685 a 450 991081993100332120230725015433.00-7486-5125-X1-282-62017-797866126201710-7486-3384-710.1515/9780748633845(CKB)2560000000011179(EBL)537024(OCoLC)638860169(SSID)ssj0000413248(PQKBManifestationID)11271844(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000413248(PQKBWorkID)10383285(PQKB)10658438(StDuBDS)EDZ0000055505(MiAaPQ)EBC537024(Au-PeEL)EBL537024(CaPaEBR)ebr10391759(CaONFJC)MIL262017(DE-B1597)616061(DE-B1597)9780748633845(OCoLC)1302164308(EXLCZ)99256000000001117920100625d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBrokeback Mountain[electronic resource] /Gary NeedhamEdinburgh Edinburgh University Press20101 online resource (153 p.)American indiesDescription based upon print version of record.0-7486-3383-9 0-7486-3382-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. [131]-137) and index.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; IndexUpon 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, spectatorshiAmerican indies.Homosexuality in motion picturesWestern filmsHomosexuality in motion pictures.Western films.791.437224.32bclNeedham Gary1658204MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910819931003321Brokeback Mountain4012057UNINA