The Celluloid Closet: Homosexuality in the Movies

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Harper Collins, Sep 20, 1987 - Social Science - 384 pages
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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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Contents

THE WAY WE WERENT The Invisible Years page
61
FRIGHTENING THE HORSES Out of the Closets
125
STRUGGLE Fear and Loathing in Gay Hollywood page
181
TAKING THE GAME AWAY FROM HOLLYWOOD
247
Afterword page
325
Necrology page
347
Copyright

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TitleThe Celluloid Closet: Homosexuality in the Movies
Perennial library
Triangle classics
Wilensky-Ritzenhein Gay Book Collection
AuthorVito Russo
Editionillustrated, revised
PublisherHarper Collins, 1987
ISBN0060961325, 9780060961329
Length384 pages
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