Beschreibung:
Alexander Doty is an Associate Professor in the English Department at Lehigh University. He is author of MakingThings Perfectly Queer: Interpreting Mass Culture ,(1993) and is co-editor of Out in Culture: Gay, Lesbian andQueer Essays on Popular Culture (1995).
In his wicked readings of film favorites, Doty takes readers to the queer side of criticism, offering fresh and controversial views of the stars, the plots, and the directors of our best loved and most iconic films. 14 photos.
Acknowledgments, Introduction, ONE Render unto Cesare: The Queerness of Caligari, TWO ¿My Beautiful Wickedness¿: The Wizard of Oz as Lesbian Fantasy, THREE Queerness, Comedy, and The Women, FOUR The Queer Aesthete, the Diva, and The Red Shoes, FIVE Everyone¿s Here for Love: Bisexuality and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, SIX ¿He¿s a transvestite!¿ ¿Ah, not exactly.¿ How Queer Is My Psycho, Permissions, Index