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Gay icons
- Title
- Gay icons / introduction by Sandi Toksvig ; essay by Richard Dyer.
- Publication
- London : National Portrait Gallery, [2009]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | HQ75.2 .G75 2009 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 111 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits; 30 cm
- Summary
- This title recognises the important role of gay icons and their contribution to contemporary culture and society. The question of what it means to be a 'gay icon' is explored by ten high-profile figures.
- Subject
- Gay people > Biography
- Gay people > Portraits
- Gay people in motion pictures > Exhibitions
- Gay people in literature > Exhibitions
- Gay people in popular culture > Exhibitions
- Celebrities
- Gays
- Gays in literature
- Gays in motion pictures
- Gays in popular culture
- Homosexueller
- Lesbe
- Berühmte Persönlichkeit
- Künste
- Homosexueller
- Lesbierin
- Genre/Form
- exhibition catalogs.
- Biographies
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Catalogues d'exposition.
- Note
- "Published to accompany the exhibition Gay Icons held at the National Portrait Gallery, London, from 2 July to 18 October 2009"--T.p. verso.
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction / Sandi Toksvig -- Idea of a Gay Icon / Richard Dyer -- Chronology of Gay Iconography -- Selectors and Their Icons -- Waheed Alli -- Alan Hollinghurst -- Elton John -- Jackie Kay -- Billie Jean King -- Ian McKellen -- Chris Smith -- Ben Summerskill -- Sandi Toksvig -- Sarah Waters.
- ISBN
- 9781855144002
- 185514400X
- LCCN
- 2010398090
- OCLC
- ocn360144983
- 360144983
- SCSB-14693099
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library