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The celluloid closet : homosexuality in the movies / Vito Russo.

Title
The celluloid closet : homosexuality in the movies / Vito Russo.
Author
Russo, Vito.
Publication
New York : Harper & Row, c1987.

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Description
xii, 368 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Summary
Examines the portrayal of homosexual characters in the movies and how it reflects society's beliefs and misconceptions.
Subject
Homosexuality in motion pictures
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
On the closet mentality -- Who's a sissy? : Homosexuality according to tinseltown -- The way we weren't : The invisible years -- Frightening the horses : out of the closets and into the shadows -- Struggle : Fear and loathing in gay Hollywood -- Taking the game away from Hollywood : Finding a voice and facing a backlash.
ISBN
0060961325 (pbk.) :
LCCN
^^^86045684^
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library