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1 online resource (x, 281 pages) : illustrations |
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Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of California, Los Angeles. |
| Summary |
Often disguised in public discourse by terms like ""gay, "" ""homoerotic, "" ""homosocial, "" or ""queer, "" bisexuality is strangely absent from queer studies and virtually untreated in film and media criticism. Maria San Filippo aims to explore the central role bisexuality plays in contemporary screen culture, establishing its importance in representation, marketing, and spectatorship. By examining a variety of media genres including art cinema, sexploitation cinema and vampire films, ""bromances, "" and series television, San Filippo discovers ""missed moments"" where bisexual readings of the ... |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-269) and index. |
| Contents |
Prologue: Chasing amy and bisexual (in)visibility -- Introduction: binary trouble and compulsory monosexuality -- Unthinking monosexuality: bisexual representability in art cinema -- Power play/s: bisexuality as privilege and pathology in sexploitation cinema -- Of cowboys and cocksmen: bisexuality and the contemporary Hollywood bromance -- Bisexuality on the boob tube -- Conclusion: queer/ing bisexuality. |
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Print version record. |
| Subject |
Bisexuality in motion pictures.
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Bisexuality on television.
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ART -- Film& Video.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Film& Video -- Reference.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Film& Video -- History & Criticism.
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Bisexuality in motion pictures. (OCoLC)fst00833356
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Bisexuality on television. (OCoLC)fst01200852
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: San Filippo, Maria. B word. Bloomington ; Indianapolis : Indiana University Press, [2013] 9780253008794 (DLC) 2012042177 (OCoLC)809762101 |
| ISBN |
0253008921 (electronic bk.) |
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9780253008923 (electronic bk.) |
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