Monsters in the Closet Homosexuality and the Horror Film

Name: Monsters in the Closet Homosexuality and the Horror Film
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ISBN: 9780719044731

ISBN-10: 0719044731

ISBN-13: 9780719044731

Edition: 1997

Authors: Harry Benshoff, Mark Jancovich, Eric Schaefer

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Description:

Drawing on a wide variety of films and primary source materials, Benshoff examines the historical figure of the movie monster in relation to various medical, psychological, religious and social models of homosexuality.

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Publication date: 6/19/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 5.43" wide x 8.50" long x 0.76" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



List of plates


Acknowledgements


Introduction: The monster and the homosexual



Defining the monster queer in the classical Hollywood horror film



Shock treatment: Curing the monster queer during World War II



Pods, pederasts, and perverts: (Re)criminalizing the monster queer in Cold War culture



Exposing the monster queer to the sunlight, circa the 1969 Stonewall Rebellion



Satan spawn and out and proud: Monster queers in the postmodern era


Epilogue


Bibliography


Index