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Gay Men at the Movies (eBook)

Film reception, cinema going and the history of a gay male community

Scott McKinnon (Autor)

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2016
Intellect Books (Verlag)
978-1-78320-598-1 (ISBN)

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Cinema has long played a major role in the formation of community among marginalised 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.

Cinema has long played a major role in the formation of community among marginalised 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.

lt;p>Scott McKinnon is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Technology, Sydney. His thesis investigates the role of cinema and cinema-going in the emergence of gay male identity and community in Sydney in the years 1950–2010. Scott's research is particularly focussed on intersections between cinema and the themes of space and memory. He has also published work on Hollywood teen films and their place in 1950s Australian teen culture.

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

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.8.2016
Verlagsort	Bristol
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
	Wirtschaft
Schlagworte	Australia • Cinema • community formation • Film • film reviews • gay • Gay men • History • media reports • oral histories • Personal Memoirs • Sydney
ISBN-10	1-78320-598-9 / 1783205989
ISBN-13	978-1-78320-598-1 / 9781783205981

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