Monsters in the closet : homosexuality and the horror film
This history of the horror film explores the genre's relationship to the social and cultural history of homosexuality in America. The text draws on a wide variety of films and primary sources including censorship files, critical reviews, promotional materials, fanzines and popular news weeklies.
Print Book, English, 1997
Manchester University Press, Manchester, 1997
Criticism, interpretation, etc
viii, 328 páginas : ilustraciones ; 22 cm
9780719044731, 9780719044724, 0719044731, 0719044723
911317657
1. Defining the Monster Queer in the Classical Hollywod Horror Film, 2. Shock Treatment: Curing the Monster Queer during World War II, 3. Pods, Pederasts, and Perverts: (Re)Criminalizing the Monster Queer in Cold War Culture, 4. Exposing the Monster Queer to the Sunlight, Circa the 1969 Stonewall Rebellion, 5. Satan Spawn and Out and Proud: Monster Queers in the Postmodern Era -- .