Cold War Femme Lesbianism, National Identity, and Hollywood Cinema

Name: Cold War Femme Lesbianism, National Identity, and Hollywood Cinema
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ISBN: 9780822349471

ISBN-10: 0822349477

ISBN-13: 9780822349471

Edition: 2011

Authors: Robert J. Corber

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In his bestselling bookThe Grapevine: A Report on the Secret World of the Lesbian(1965), Jess Stearn reported that, contrary to the assumptions of many Americans, most lesbians appeared indistinguishable from other women. They could mingle "congenially in conventional society." Some were popular sex symbols; some were married to unsuspecting husbands. Robert J. Corber contends thatThe Grapevineexemplified a homophobic Cold War discourse that portrayed the femme as an invisible threat to the nation. Underlying this panic was the widespread fear that college-educated women would reject marriage and motherhood as aspirations, weakening the American family and compromising the nationrs"s…

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List price: $26.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Duke University Press
Publication date: 1/27/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 0.20" wide x 0.35" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction Reclaiming the "Lost Sex": The Lesbian in Cold War Culture



Screening the Femme



Representing the Femme: All about Eve



Lesbian Unintelligibility: The Children's Hour



Recuperating Femme Femininity: Marnie



Female Stardom and Cold War Culture



Joan Crawford's Padded Shoulders



Remaking Bette Davis



Doris Day's Queer Normativity


Conclusion: Killing Off the Femme: The Haunting


Notes


Bibliography


Index