Gay Men at the Movies

Cinema, Memory and the History of a Gay Male Community

Scott McKinnon (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

250 Seiten

2016
Intellect Books (Verlag)
978-1-78320-596-7 (ISBN)

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Cinema has long played a major role in the formation of community among marginalized groups, and this book details that process for gay men in Sydney, Australia from the 1950s to the present. Scott McKinnon builds the book from a variety of sources, including film reviews, media reports, personal memoirs, oral histories, and a striking range of films, all deployed to answer the question of understanding cinema-going as a moment of connection to community and identity how the experience of seeing these films and being part of an audience helped to build a community among the gay men of Sydney in the period.

Scott McKinnon is a postdoctoral research fellow at Western Sydney University and an honorary research associate at the University of Sydney.

Introduction

Part One: Friends of Dorothy in the Emerald City

Chapter 1 – The 1950s – Censored from view for all to see

Gay space, cinema-going and censorship in 1950s Sydney
Regular guys and ‘sister boys’: Tea and Sympathy
Friends of Tom Lee: Rebel without a Cause, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Some Like it Hot

Chapter 2 – The 1960s – Undeniable

Gay space, cinema-going and censorship in 1960s Sydney
Poor unfortunate souls: Victim and Advise and Consent
The real lives of English youth: A Taste of Honey, The Leather Boys and If...

Chapter 3 – The 1970s – Strike up the band

Gay space, cinema-going and censorship in 1970s Sydney
A memory of times gone by: The Boys in the Band
The thrill of the new: Sunday Bloody Sunday and A Very Natural Thing

Chapter 4 – The 1980s – Arriving at last, leaving too soon

Gay space, cinema-going and censorship in 1980s Sydney
The Hollywood gaze: Fame, Partners, Cruising and Making Love
An independent eye: Taxi Zum Klo

Chapter 5 – The 1990s – When we were cool

Gay space, cinema-going and censorship in 1990s Sydney
Made for them or watched by us? The Sum of Us
To enlighten and remember: Philadelphia and Longtime Companion

Chapter 6 – The 2000s – In the shadow of the mountain

Gay space, cinema-going and censorship in 2000s Sydney
The film that got us good: Brokeback Mountain
Staying home or going to the festival: Another Gay Movie and Shelter

Part Two: Memories of Dorothy: Memories, Movies, Gay Men

Chapter 7 – Gay kids at the movies – Movie memory and queer childhoods
On-screen memories: Childhood
Remembering childhood cinema-going

Chapter 8 – Others like us – Movie memory and the search for community
Movie memories at the movies: Identity
Learning, reciting and refuting memory

Chapter 9 – We were there – Movie memory and the search for a queer past
Heroes and villains: Braveheart and Alexander
Creating ‘our’ history: Stonewall and Milk

Conclusion: Gay Men at the Movies

Erscheinungsdatum	07.08.2016
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
ISBN-10	1-78320-596-2 / 1783205962
ISBN-13	978-1-78320-596-7 / 9781783205967
Zustand	Neuware