Monsters in the closet : homosexuality and the horror film /

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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.
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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
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: the monster and the homosexual
  • Defining the monster queer in the classical Hollywood horror film
  • Shock treatment: curing the monster queer during World War II
  • Pods, pederasts, and perverts: (re)criminalizing the monster queer in Cold War culture
  • Exposing the monster queer to the sunlight, circa the 1969 Stonewall Rebellion
  • Satan spawn and out and proud: monster queers in the postmodern era.