An edition of The Celluloid Closet: Homosexuality in the Movies (1981)

The Celluloid Closet

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An edition of The Celluloid Closet: Homosexuality in the Movies (1981)

The Celluloid Closet

homosexuality in the movies

1st ed.

by

  • ★★★★ ★ 4.7 (3 ratings)
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Praised by the Chicago Tribune as "an impressive study" and written with incisive wit and searing perception--the definitive, highly acclaimed landmark work on the portrayal of homosexuality in film.

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Harper & Row
Language
English
Pages
276

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Subjects

Homosexuality in motion pictures Homoseksualiteit Filmkunst Gay men in films Lesbians in films History Homophobia in films Lesbianism in motion pictures Film censorship Bibel Homosexualité au cinéma Homosexualität Homosexuality in films LGBTQ film and television Stonewall Book Awards Motion pictures, plots, themes, etc. LGBTQ anthropology collection:stonewall_book_award=pre-1990_winner
Edition Availability
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The celluloid closet: Lo schermo velato, L'omosessualità nel cinema con due saggi conclusivi di Sergio Patanè
1999, Baldini & Castoldi
in Italian
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The Celluloid Closet: Homosexuality in the Movies
1995-01-01, Quality Paperback Book Club
in English
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Celluloid Closet: Homosexuality in the Movies
December 1991, Borgo Press
Hardcover in English
Cover of: Die Schwule Traumfabrik
Die Schwule Traumfabrik: Homosexualität im Film
1990, Bruno Gmünder
P in German
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The celluloid closet: homosexuality in the movies
1987, Harper & Row
in English - Rev. ed.
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The celluloid closet: Lo schermo velato, L'omosessualità nel cinema
1984, costa & nolan
Paperback
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The Celluloid Closet: Homosexuality In The Movies
Nov 30, 1981, Harper & Row Publishers
hardcover
Cover of: The Celluloid Closet
The Celluloid Closet: homosexuality in the movies
1981, Harper & Row
in English - 1st ed.
Cover of: THE CELLULOID CLOSET the History of Homosexuals in Film
THE CELLULOID CLOSET the History of Homosexuals in Film
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Page ix
Introduction: On the Closet Mentality
Page xi
Who's a Sissy?: Homosexuality According to Tinseltown
Page 3
The Way We Weren't: The Invisible Years
Page 61
Frightening the Horses: Out of the Closets and into the Shadows
Page 125
Struggle: Fear and Loathing in Gay Hollywood
Page 181
Filmography
Page 247
Necrology
Page 261
Index
Page 263

Edition Notes

Filmography: p. [247]-260.
Includes index.

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New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
791.43/09/09353
Library of Congress
PN1995.9.H55 R8 1981, PN1995.9.H55.R8 1981, PN1995.9.H55

The Physical Object

Pagination
xii, 276 p. :
Number of pages
276

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL4400785M
Internet Archive
celluloidcloseth0000russ
ISBN 10
0060137045, 0060908718
LCCN
79001682
OCLC/WorldCat
7305961
LibraryThing
51028
Goodreads
1265349
1265350

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Work ID
OL5280134W

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