Queer Sexualities in Early Film by Shane Brown - 9781350259027

Name: Queer Sexualities in Early Film by Shane Brown - 9781350259027
Brand: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Queer Sexualities in Early FilmCinema and Male-Male Intimacy\nAuthor(s): Shane Brown\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom\nImprint: Bloomsbury Academic\nISBN-13: 9781350259027, 978-1350259027\nSynopsis\nSince the publication of Vito Russo's seminal study The Celluloid Closet in 1981, much has been written about the representation of queer characters on screen. Until now, however, relatively little attention has been paid to how queer sexualities were portrayed in films from the silent and early sound period. By looking in detail at a succession of recently-found films and revisiting others, Shane Brown examines images of male-male intimacy, buddy relationships and romantic friendships in European and American films made prior to 1934, including Different from the Others and All Quiet on the Western Front. He places these films within their socio-political and scientific context and sheds new light on how they were intended to be viewed and how they.