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xiii, 275 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
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still image sti rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-256), filmography (pages 257-259), and index. |
| Contents |
Picturing the underground -- The cinematic authoring of gay life -- Toward a gay mainstream -- Liberation porn. |
| Summary |
"In Coming Together, Ryan Powell captures the social and political vitality of the first wave of movies made by, for, and about male-desiring men in the United States between World War II and the 1980s. From the underground films of Kenneth Anger and the Gay Girls Riding Club to the gay liberation-era hardcore films and domestic dramas of Joe Gage and James Bidgood, Powell illuminates how central filmmaking and exhibition were to gay socializing and worldmaking. Unearthing scores of films and a trove of film-related ephemera, Coming Together persuasively unsettles popular histories that center Stonewall as a ground zero for gay liberation and visibility. Powell asks how this generation of movie-making--which defiantly challenged legal and cultural norms around sexuality and gender--provided, and may still provide, meaningful models for living"--Publisher's description. |
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Homosexuality in motion pictures.
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Gays in motion pictures.
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Motion pictures -- Social aspects.
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71.25 sexuality (sociology) (NL-LeOCL)080455298
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24.32 history of film art. (NL-LeOCL)077601394
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Gays in motion pictures. (OCoLC)fst00939310
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Homosexuality in motion pictures. (OCoLC)fst00959829
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Motion pictures -- Social aspects.
(OCoLC)fst01027384
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| Added Title |
Cinematic elaboration of gay male life, 1945-1979 |
| ISBN |
9780226634234 hardcover ; alkaline paper |
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022663423X hardcover ; alkaline paper |
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9780226634371 paperback ; alkaline paper |
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022663437X paperback ; alkaline paper |
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9780226634401 electronic book |
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022663440X electronic book |
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