Straight Skin, Gay Masks and Pretending to be Gay on Screen

ISBN-13: 9780367247744 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 204 str.

Gilad Padva

Opis

Straight Skin, Gay Masks and Pretending to Be Gay on Screen examines cinematic depictions of pretending-to-be-gay, assessing performances that reflect heteronormative and explicitly homophobic attitudes, but also offer depictions of gay selfhood with more nuanced multidirectional identifications.

Spis treści

Introduction Fabricated Screens: Sexual Authenticity, Flamboyant Masquerade, and the Queer Epistemology of Pretending-to-be-gay Films. Chapter 1 Staging Effeminacy: Screening the Perilous Pleasures of Pretending to be a Sissy Chapter 2 Take It Like a Man: Cruising Machismo in Leatherland Chapter 3 Pretending to Be Allies? Straight Women, Their Pretending-to-Be-Gay Admirers and Sexual Authentication Chapter 4 Odd Couples, Queer Partnerships and Gay Marriages in Pretending-to-Be-Gay Films Chapter 5 Screening Compulsory Homosexuality: The Perilous Pleasures of Parodying Heteronormativity and Fantasizing a Topsy-Turvy Martyrdom Afterword When Gay Masks Gaze at the Deceiver's Straight Skin: The Grotesque Screening of Deceptive Horrors and Delights