LEADER 02831nam 2200685 a 450 001 9910791261303321 005 20230725015433.0 010 $a0-7486-5125-X 010 $a1-282-62017-7 010 $a9786612620171 010 $a0-7486-3384-7 024 7 $a10.1515/9780748633845 035 $a(CKB)2560000000011179 035 $a(EBL)537024 035 $a(OCoLC)638860169 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000413248 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11271844 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000413248 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10383285 035 $a(PQKB)10658438 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000055505 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC537024 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL537024 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10391759 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL262017 035 $a(DE-B1597)616061 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780748633845 035 $a(OCoLC)1302164308 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000011179 100 $a20100625d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBrokeback Mountain$b[electronic resource] /$fGary Needham 210 $aEdinburgh $cEdinburgh University Press$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (153 p.) 225 1 $aAmerican indies 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7486-3383-9 311 $a0-7486-3382-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [131]-137) and index. 327 $aCover; 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 330 $aUpon its release in 2005, Brokeback Mountain became a major cultural event and a milestone in independent American filmmaking. Based on the short story by Annie Proulx and directed by Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain situated a love story between two closeted cowboys at the heart of American mythology, film spectatorship and genre. It offered an independent and queer revision of the conventions and cliche?s of the western and the melodrama through a studied exploration of homophobia and the closet. This book examines the movie in relation to indie cinema, genre, spectatorshi 410 0$aAmerican indies. 606 $aHomosexuality in motion pictures 606 $aWestern films 615 0$aHomosexuality in motion pictures. 615 0$aWestern films. 676 $a791.4372 686 $a24.32$2bcl 700 $aNeedham$b Gary$01560845 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910791261303321 996 $aBrokeback Mountain$93827109 997 $aUNINA