Monsters in the closet : homosexuality and the horror film /

Monsters in the closet : homosexuality and the horror film /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Benshoff, Harry M.
Imprint:	Manchester : Manchester University Press, 1997.
Description:	viii, 328 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Inside popular film Inside popular film.
Subject:	Horror films. Homosexuality in motion pictures. Horror films -- History and criticism. Homosexuality in motion pictures. Horror films. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3086440

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ISBN:	0719044723 (cased) 9780719044724 (cased) 0719044731 (pbk) 9780719044731 (pbk)
Notes:	Includes index. Includes bibliography: p. .[295]-312. Also issued online.
Other form:	Online version: Benshoff, Harry M. Monsters in the closet. Manchester : Manchester University Press, 1997

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Summary:	One of the few books to address the horror film from any kind of critical position.. Unique - The first history of the horror film to approach it from a queer perspective.. Written with detail and thoroughness - covers all eras of the horror film and correlates specific types of movie monsters to the historical social conditions which produced them.. Explores how popular culture encodes and demonizes queerness within the generic format of the horror film.
Item Description:	Includes index.
Physical Description:	viii, 328 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliography: p. .[295]-312.
ISBN:	0719044723 9780719044724 0719044731 9780719044731