Still acting gay : male homosexuality in modern drama /
"The book focuses on the relationship between American and British dramas written by and about gay men and the changing gay culture those plays reflect. From the era of the carefully enforced closet and the coming of liberation politics to the tragedy of the AIDS epidemic and the qualified secu...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
St. Martin's Press,
2000.
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| Edition: | First St. Martin's Griffin edition. |
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| Online Access: | Table of contents Contributor biographical information Publisher description |
| Summary: | "The book focuses on the relationship between American and British dramas written by and about gay men and the changing gay culture those plays reflect. From the era of the carefully enforced closet and the coming of liberation politics to the tragedy of the AIDS epidemic and the qualified security of the present era, Still Acting Gay chronicles the transition of the gay man as subject for sensational melodrama to creator of many of the most powerful and celebrated plays of the late twentieth century. This classic book on male homosexuality in modern drama is a must read for anyone interested in the state of the drama today."--Jacket. |
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| Item Description: | Revised edition of: Acting gay. 1994. The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture. |
| Physical Description: | xvi, 364 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-358) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0312223846 9780312223847 |