Gay men at the movies: cinema, memory and the history of a gay male community/ by Scott McKinnon

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Unique IDLIB-00014080Date1st January 2016Date qualifieryear onlyDescriptionDescription: Cinema has long played a major role in the formation of community among marginalized groups, and this book details that process for gay men in Sydney, Australia from the 1950s to the present. Scott McKinnon builds the book from a variety of sources, including film reviews, media reports, personal memoirs, oral histories, and a striking range of films, all deployed to answer the question of understanding cinema-going as a moment of connection to community and identity how the experience of seeing these films and being part of an audience helped to build a community among the gay men of Sydney in the period.

Machine generated contents note: pt. One Friends of Dorothy in the Emerald City

ch. 1 The 1950s

Censored from view for all to see

Gay space, cinema-going and censorship in 1950s Sydney

Regular guys and `sister boys': Tea and Sympathy

Friends of Tom Lee: Rebel without a Cause, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Some Like it Hot

ch. 2 The 1960s

Undeniable

Gay space, cinema-going and censorship in 1960s Sydney

Poor unfortunate souls: victim and Advise and Consent

The real lives of English youth: A Taste of Honey, The Leather Boys and If...

ch. 3 The 1970s

Strike up the band

Gay space, cinema-going and censorship in 1970s Sydney

A memory of times gone by: The Boys In the Band

The thrill of the new: Sunday Bloody Sunday and A Very Natural Thing

ch. 4 The 1980s - Arriving at last, leaving too soon

Gay space, cinema-going and censorship in 1980s Sydney

The Hollywood gaze: Fame, Partners, Cruising and Making Love

Contents note continued: An independent eye: Taxi Zum Klo

ch. 5 The 1990s

When we were cool

Gay space, cinema-going and censorship in 1990s Sydney

Made for them or watched by us? The Sum of Us

To enlighten and remember: Philadelphia and Longtime Companion

ch. 6 The 2000s

In the shadow of the mountain

Gay space, cinema-going and censorship in 2000s Sydney

The film that got us good: Brokeback Mountain

Staying home or going to the festival: Another Gay Movie and Shelter

pt. Two Memories of Dorothy: Memory, Movies, Gay Men

ch. 7 Gay kids at the movies

Movie memory and queer childhoods

On-screen memories: Childhood

Remembering childhood cinema-going

ch. 8 Others like us - Movie memory and the search for community

Movie memories at the movies: Identity

Learning, reciting and refuting memory

ch. 9 We were there - Movie memory and the search for a queer past

Heroes and villains: Braveheart and Alexander

Contents note continued: Creating `our' history: Stonewall and Milk

Conclusion: Gay men at the movies

Public Note: Includes indexLanguageEnglish (eng)IllustrationsBlack and white illustrationsPublisherIntellectPlace of publicationBristol
Bristol
England

Format

FormatPublication - Book

Numbering & Quantity

Number of pages272

Characteristics

Dimensions (free text)23 cm

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Subject tagsHomosexualityMotion pictures and gay men

Identification

Dewey decimal numberSRC 791.4308 MACKISBN/ISSN97817832059671783205962Source system IDR0000414243Alternative ID30002039238019

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CollectionBooks and JournalsCinema

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Gay men at the movies: cinema, memory and the history of a gay male community/ by Scott McKinnon