Richard Dyer

The Culture of Queers

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Produktbeschreibung

For around a hundred years up to the Stonewall riots, the word used for gay men was 'queers'. In The Culture of Queers, Richard Dyer traces the contours of queer culture, examining the differences and continuities with the gay culture which succeeded it. Opening with a discussion of the very concept of 'queers', Dyer asks what it means to speak of a sexual grouping having a culture, and addresses issues such as gay attitudes to women and the notion of camp. From screaming queens to sensitive vampires and sad young men, and from pulp novels to pornography to the films of Fassbinder, The Culture of Queers explores the history of queer arts and media.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Dezember 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 161mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 676g
• ISBN-13: 9780415223751
• ISBN-10: 041522375X
• Artikelnr.: 22010642

Autorenporträt

Richard Dyer is Professor of Film Studies at the University of Warwick. His books include White: Essays on Race and Culture (Routledge 1997), The Matter of Images (Routledge 1993) and Now You See It (1990).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction. 2. The Politics of Gay Culture 3. Believing in Fairies:
The Author and The Homosexual 4. Gay Misogyny 5. It's Being So Camp as
Keeps Us Going 6. Dressing the Part 7. It's in his Kiss!: Homosexuality as
Vampirism, Vampirism as Homosexuality 8. Queer Noir 9. Coming Out as Going
In: The Homosexual as a Sad Young Man 10. L'Air De Paris: No Place for
Homosexuality 11. Charles Hawtrey: Carrying on Regardless 12. Rock Hudson:
The Last Guy You'd Have Figured? 13. Reading Fassbinder's Sexual Politics
14. Idol Thoughts: Orgasm and Self-Reflexivity in Gay Pornography 15.
Homosexuality and Heritage