

Ladataan... Behind the Screen: How Gays and Lesbians Shaped Hollywood (2001)– tekijä: William J. Mann
![]() - Ei tämänhetkisiä Keskustelu-viestiketjuja tästä kirjasta. Fascinating and readable. Examines the subject field by field (screenwriters, set designers, directors) and era by era (early Hollywood, WWII, twilight of the studio system). Sources are clearly cited, whether they're dinner-party stories recalled from memory or period employment records. näyttää 2/2 ei arvosteluja | lisää arvostelu
Whether in or out of the closet, gays and lesbians played an essential role in shaping studio-era Hollywood. Gay actors (J. Warren Kerrigan, Marlene Dietrich, Rock Hudson), gay directors (George Cukor, James Whale, Dorothy Arzner), and gay set and costume designers (Adrian, Travis Banton, George James Hopkins) have been among the most influential individuals in Hollywood history and literally created the Hollywood mystique. This landmark study-based on seven years of exacting research and including unpublished memoirs, personal correspondence, oral histories, and scrapbooks-explores the experience of Hollywood's gays in the context of their times. Ranging from Hollywood's working conditions to the rowdy character of Los Angeles's gay underground, William J. Mann brings long overdue attention to every aspect of this powerful creative force. No library descriptions found. |
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As a social history this lacks sufficient sources to make some of the arguments. He also uses sources that would be better used in a cultural history. (