Queer Sexualities in Early Film: Cinema and Male-Male Intimacy

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Shane Brown (University of East Anglia, UK) Senior Lecturer Angela Smith (University of Sunderland UK)

Queer Sexualities in Early Film

Cinema and Male-Male Intimacy

Shane Brown (University of East Anglia, UK), Senior Lecturer Angela Smith (University of Sunderland UK), Claire Nally (Northumbria University UK)

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Bloomsbury Academic
28 July 2022

Film & movie: styles & genres; Gay & Lesbian studies; Gay studies (Gay men)

Series: Library of Gender and Popular Culture

Since the publication of Vito Russo's seminal study The Celluloid Closet in 1981, much has been written about the representation of queer characters on screen. Until now, however, relatively little attention has been paid to how queer sexualities were portrayed in films from the silent and early sound period. By looking in detail at a succession of recently-found films and revisiting others, Shane Brown examines images of male-male intimacy, buddy relationships and romantic friendships in European and American films made prior to 1934, including Different from the Others and All Quiet on the Western Front. He places these films within their socio-political and scientific context and sheds new light on how they were intended to be viewed and how they were actually perceived. In doing so, Brown offers his readers a unique insight into a little known area of early cinema, queer studies and social history.

By: Shane Brown (University of East Anglia UK)
Edited by: Senior Lecturer Angela Smith (University of Sunderland UK), Claire Nally (Northumbria University UK)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm,
ISBN: 9781350259027
ISBN 10: 1350259020
Series: Library of Gender and Popular Culture
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 28 July 2022
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Shane Brown is Associate Lecturer in the School of Film, Media and Television Studies at the University of East Anglia, where he received his PhD in 2013. He has published writing on personalities such as Jack Pickford, Boris Karloff and Elvis Presley.