Monsters in the Closet : Homosexuality and the Horror Film
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Inside Popular Film
ISBN-10
0719044731
ISBN-13
9780719044731
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Imprint
Manchester University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 19th, 1997
Print length
336 Pages
Weight
442 grams
Dimensions
21.00 x 13.60 x 2.40 cms
Product Classification:
Film theory & criticismGay studies (Gay men)
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This history of the horror film explores the genre's relationship to the social and cultural history of homosexuality in America. The text draws on a wide variety of films and primary sources including censorship files, critical reviews, promotional materials, fanzines and popular news weeklies.
One of the few books to address the horror film from any kind of critical position.. Unique - The first history of the horror film to approach it from a queer perspective.. Written with detail and thoroughness - covers all eras of the horror film and correlates specific types of movie monsters to the historical social conditions which produced them.. Explores how popular culture encodes and demonizes queerness within the generic format of the horror film.
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