The Celluloid Closet: Homosexuality in the MoviesPraised 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 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Celluloid Closet: Homosexuality in the Movies Perennial library Triangle classics Wilensky-Ritzenhein Gay Book Collection |
| Author | Vito Russo |
| Edition | illustrated, revised |
| Publisher | Harper Collins, 1987 |
| ISBN | 0060961325, 9780060961329 |
| Length | 384 pages |
| Subjects | › Social Science / General |
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