The Culture of Queers

ISBN-13: 9780415223768 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 256 str.

Richard Dyer

Opis

For around a hundred years up to the Stonewall riots, the word for gay men was queers. From screaming queens to sensitive vampires and sad young men, and from pulp novels to pornography to the films of Fassbinder, The Culture of Queers explores the history of queer arts and artists. Richard Dyer traces the contours of queer culture, examining the differences and contiunities with the gay culture which succeeded it. Opening with a discussion of the very concept of queers, he asks what it means to speak of a sexual grouping having a culture and addresses issues such as gay attitudes to women and the notion of camp. Dyer explores a range of queer-made culture, from key topics such as fashion and vampires to genres like film noir and the heritage film, and stars such as Charles Hawtrey (the screaming star of Carry On films) and Rock Hudson. Offering an historical approach to the cultural implication of queerness, The Culture of Queers both insists on the cultural consequences of the oppression of homosexual men, and offers a celebration of queer resistance.

Recenzje

'Richard Dryer's contribution to what is best described as "Gay Cultural Studies", can't be over-estimated.' Paul Burston, Time Out

Spis treści

1. Introduction. 2. The Politics of Gay Culture 3. Believing in Fairies: The Author and The Homosexual 4. Gay Misogyny 5. It's Being So Camp as Keeps Us Going 6. Dressing the Part 7. It's in his Kiss!: Homosexuality as Vampirism, Vampirism as Homosexuality 8. Queer Noir 9. Coming Out as Going In: The Homosexual as a Sad Young Man 10. L'Air De Paris: No Place for Homosexuality 11. Charles Hawtrey: Carrying on Regardless 12. Rock Hudson: The Last Guy You'd Have Figured? 13. Reading Fassbinder's Sexual Politics 14. Idol Thoughts: Orgasm and Self-Reflexivity in Gay Pornography 15. Homosexuality and Heritage

O autorze

Richard Dyer is Professor of Film Studies at the University of Warwick. His books include White: Essays on Race and Culture (Routledge 1997), The Matter of Images (Routledge 1993) and Now You See It (1990).