Vampires & violets: lesbians in film

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A revelatory survey of lesbian identity in film--from the crossdressing stars like Garbo, Dietrich, and Hepburn to the vampire movies of the late '60s, Silkwood and The Color Purple. With wit and political acumen, Weiss reveals the concealed world of a host of movies both popular and forgotten.

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Full title :Vampires & violets : lesbians in film / Andrea Weiss.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:1993.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Penguin Books
Place of Publication:New York, N.Y., U.S.A
Language:eng
Publication Date:1993.

Notes

"A Penguin original"--Label on cover.

The Physical Object

Description:184 pages : : illustrations ; : 23 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0140231005, 9780140231007
oclc:ocm28215803
LC Classification:PN1995.9.L48
Dewey Decimal:791.43/65206643

Introduction : The color violet -- Female pleasures and perversions in the silent and early sound cinema -- 'A queer feeling when I look at you': Hollywood stars and lesbian spectatorship in the 1930s -- Post-war Hollywood lesbians: whose happy ending? -- The vampire lovers -- Women's 'art' cinema and its lesbian potential -- Transgressive cinema: lesbian independent film.

Subjects

Bibel, Philemonbrief Film filmtörténet -- 20. sz Geschichte Lesbianism in motion pictures Lesbianisme au cinéma Lesbische Liebe Lesbische Orientierung leszbikusok -- filmművészeti ábrázolás