Communists, Cowboys, and Queers
Author: David Savran
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9781452902395
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Author: David Savran
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9781452902395
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: David Savran
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9780472068364
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn eclectic collection of essays on theater and its decline as highbrow culture, under the influence of theme parks and blockbuster movies
Author: Alan Sinfield
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 1999-01-01
Total Pages: 428
ISBN-13: 9780300081022
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis intriguing, authoritative book tracks stage representations of lesbians and gay men from Oscar Wilde to the present day and examines scores of British and American plays and playwrights, including works by Wilde, Maugham, Coward, Hellman, O'Neill, Le Roi Jones, and Joe Orton.
Author: Luca Prono
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2007-12-30
Total Pages: 326
ISBN-13: 031305505X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDuring the 20th century through today, gay and lesbian artists, writers, political activists, and sports figures contributed their talents to all areas of popular culture. Authors such as E. Lynn Harris and Patricia Highsmith write bestselling novels. Rupert Everett follows in the footsteps of Rock Hudson and others who starred in multimillion dollar films. George Michael and k.d.lang have been the creative forces behind dozens of hit songs, and the TV programs of Ellen DeGeneres, Rosie O'Donnell, and the cast of Queer Eye for the Straight Guy are enjoyed in gay and straight households alike. The Encyclopedia of Gay and Lesbian Popular Culture identifies the people, films, TV shows, literature, and sports figures that have made significant contributions to both gay and lesbian popular culture, and American popular culture.
Author: Harold Bloom
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 220
ISBN-13: 1438113498
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPresents a collection of critical essays on Williams and his works, arranged in chronological order of publication.
Author: Robert J. Corber
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 1997-05-22
Total Pages: 254
ISBN-13: 082238244X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKChallenging widely held assumptions about postwar gay male culture and politics, Homosexuality in Cold War America examines how gay men in the 1950s resisted pressures to remain in the closet. Robert J. Corber argues that a form of gay male identity emerged in the 1950s that simultaneously drew on and transcended left-wing opposition to the Cold War cultural and political consensus. Combining readings of novels, plays, and films of the period with historical research into the national security state, the growth of the suburbs, and postwar consumer culture, Corber examines how gay men resisted the "organization man" model of masculinity that rose to dominance in the wake of World War II. By exploring the representation of gay men in film noir, Corber suggests that even as this Hollywood genre reinforced homophobic stereotypes, it legitimized the gay male "gaze." He emphasizes how film noir’s introduction of homosexual characters countered the national "project" to render gay men invisible, and marked a deep subversion of the Cold War mentality. Corber then considers the work of gay male writers Tennessee Williams, Gore Vidal, and James Baldwin, demonstrating how these authors declined to represent homosexuality as a discrete subculture and instead promoted a model of political solidarity rooted in the shared experience of oppression. Homosexuality in Cold War America reveals that the ideological critique of the dominant culture made by gay male authors of the 1950s laid the foundation for the gay liberation movement of the following decade.
Author: Stephen Marino
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2015-08-16
Total Pages: 291
ISBN-13: 1350310107
DOWNLOAD EBOOKArthur Miller was one of the most important American playwrights and political and cultural figures of the 20th century. Both Death of a Salesman and The Crucible stand out as his major works: the former is always in performance somewhere in the world and the latter is Miller's most produced play. As major modern American dramas, they are the subject of a huge amount of criticism which can be daunting for students approaching the plays for the first time. This Reader's Guide introduces the major critical debates surrounding the plays and discusses their unique production histories, initial theatre reviews and later adaptations. The main trends of critical inquiry and scholars who have purported them are examined, as are the views of Miller himself, a prolific self-critic.
Author: Alisa Solomon
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2003-09-02
Total Pages: 217
ISBN-13: 1134728948
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRe-Dressing the Canon examines the relationship between gender and performance in a series of essays which combine the critique of specific live performances with an astute theoretical analysis. Alisa Solomon discusses both canonical texts and contemporary productions in a lively jargon-free style. Among the dramatic texts considered are those of Aristophanes, Ibsen, Yiddish theatre, Mabou Mines, Deborah Warner, Shakespeare, Brecht, Split Britches, Ridiculous Theatre, and Tony Kushner. Bringing to bear theories of 'gender performativity' upon theatrical events, the author explores: * the 'double disguise' of cross-dressed boy-actresses * how gender relates to genre (particularly in Ibsens' realism) * how canonical theatre represented gender in ways which maintain traditional images of masculinity and femininity.
Author: Timothy Murphy
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-10-18
Total Pages: 762
ISBN-13: 1135942412
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Reader's Guide to Lesbian and Gay Studies surveys the field in some 470 entries on individuals (Adrienne Rich); arts and cultural studies (Dance); ethics, religion, and philosophical issues (Monastic Traditions); historical figures, periods, and ideas (Germany between the World Wars); language, literature, and communication (British Drama); law and politics (Child Custody); medicine and biological sciences (Health and Illness); and psychology, social sciences, and education (Kinsey Report).
Author: Timothy F. Murphy
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 762
ISBN-13: 9781579581428
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA guide to existing academic literature on issues, persons, periods, and topics important in lesbian and gay studies. With a focus on book-length studies in English, entries offer a very brief introduction and a more detailed overview of the secondary literature, including the relative merits of each source under consideration. While the overall arrangement of entries is alphabetical, other means of access include a booklist, general indexes, cross references, and a thematic list (African American culture, AIDS, art and artists, Asian studies, biological sciences, lesbian and gay culture, education, family, gender studies, history, law, literature, media studies, medicine, music, performing arts, politics, psychology, philosophy and ethics, and others). Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR