Tinker Belles And Evil Queens

Author : Sean P. Griffin
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2000-02-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780814738702

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Tinker Belles and Evil Queens by Sean P. Griffin Pdf

From its Magic Kingdom theme parks to its udderless cows, the Walt Disney Company has successfully maintained itself as the brand name of conservative American family values. But the Walt Disney Company has also had a long and complex relationship to the gay and lesbian community that is only now becoming visible. In Tinker Belles and Evil Queens, Sean Griffin traces the evolution of this interaction between the company and gay communities, from the 1930s use of Mickey Mouse as a code phrase for gay to the 1990s "Gay Nights" at the Magic Kingdom. Armed with first-person accounts from Disney audiences, Griffin demonstrates how Disney animation, live-action films, television series, theme parks, and merchandise provide varied motifs and characteristics that readily lend themselves to use by gay culture. But Griffin delves further to explore the role of gays and lesbians within the company, through an examination of the background of early studio personnel, an account of sexual activism within the firm, and the story of the company's own concrete efforts to give recognition to gay voices and desires. The first book to address the history of the gay community and Disney, Tinker Belles and Evil Queens broadly examines the ambiguous legacy of how modern consumerism and advertising have affected the ways lesbians and gay men have expressed their sexuality. Disney itself is shown as sensitive to gay and lesbian audiences, while exploiting those same audiences as a niche market with strong buying power. Finally, Griffin demonstrates how queer audiences have co-opted Disney products for themselves-and in turn how Disney's corporate strategies have influenced our very definitions of sexuality.

Author : Sean Griffin
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2000-02
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780814731222

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The Walt Disney company is the brand name of conservative American family values, but also has a long and complex history with the gay and lesbian community. This text examines that relationsuhip from the 1930s up to the 1990s.

Author : Sean Griffin
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2000-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780814731239

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Tinker Belles and Evil Queens by Sean Griffin Pdf

Armed with first-person accounts from audiences, Griffin (film and television, Florida Atlantic U.) traces the evolution of complex relationship between the purveyor of conservative politics disguised as entertainment and the gay and lesbian community. He also explores the role of gays and lesbians and the sexual activism within the company. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Brian Deer
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09-29
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781421438016

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The Doctor Who Fooled the World by Brian Deer Pdf

Investigative reporter Brian Deer exposes a conspiracy of fraud and betrayal behind attacks on a mainstay of medicine: vaccinations. 2021 IPPY Book Award Winner (Gold) in Health/Medicine/Nutrition, Recipient of the Eric Hoffer Award for Nonfiction in the Culture Category. From San Francisco to Shanghai, from Vancouver to Venice, controversy over vaccines is erupting around the globe. Fear is spreading. Banished diseases have returned. And a militant "anti-vax" movement has surfaced to campaign against children's shots. But why? In The Doctor Who Fooled the World, award-winning investigative reporter Brian Deer exposes the truth behind the crisis. Writing with the page-turning tension of a detective story, he unmasks the players and unearths the facts. Where it began. Who was responsible. How they pulled it off. Who paid. At the heart of this dark narrative is the rise of the so-called "father of the anti-vaccine movement": a British-born doctor, Andrew Wakefield. Banned from medicine, thanks to Deer's discoveries, he fled to the United States to pursue his ambitions, and now claims to be winning a "war." In an epic investigation spread across fifteen years, Deer battles medical secrecy and insider cover-ups, smear campaigns and gagging lawsuits, to uncover rigged research and moneymaking schemes, the heartbreaking plight of families struggling with disability, and the scientific scandal of our time.

Author : Sean Griffin
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2011-04-28
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780813550848

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What Dreams Were Made Of by Sean Griffin Pdf

Humphrey Bogart. Abbott and Costello. Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney. John Wayne. Rita Hayworth and Betty Grable. Images of these film icons conjure up a unique moment in cinema and history, one of optimism and concern, patriotism and cynicism. What Dreams Were Made Of examines the performers who helped define American cinema in the 1940s, a decade of rapid and repeated upheaval for Hollywood and the United States. Through insightful discussions of key films as well as studio publicity and fan magazines, the essays in this collection analyze how these actors and actresses helped lift spirits during World War II, whether in service comedies, combat films, or escapist musicals. The contributors, all major writers on the stars and movies of this period, also explore how cultural shifts after the war forced many stars to adjust to new outlooks and attitudes, particularly in film noir. Together, they represented the hopes and fears of a nation during turbulent times, enacting on the silver screen the dreams of millions of moviegoers.

Author : Vito Russo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Gays in motion pictures
ISBN : STANFORD:36105037370199

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The Celluloid Closet by Vito Russo Pdf

Praised by the Chicago Tribune as "an impressive study" and written with incisive wit and searing perception--the definitive, highly acclaimed landmark work on the portrayal of homosexuality in film.

Author : Harry M. Benshoff,Sean Griffin
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Homosexuality and motion pictures
ISBN : 0415319870

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Queer Cinema by Harry M. Benshoff,Sean Griffin Pdf

Queer Cinema, the Film Reader brings together key writings that use queer theory to explore cinematic sexualities, especially those historically designated as gay, lesbian, bisexual and/or transgendered.

Author : Benshoff,Griffin
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2005-10-13
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780742568570

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Queer Images by Benshoff,Griffin Pdf

From Thomas Edison''s first cinematic experiments to contemporary Hollywood blockbusters, Queer Images chronicles the representation of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer sexualities over one hundred years of American film. The most up-to-date and comprehensive book of its kind, it explores not only the ever-changing images of queer characters onscreen, but also the work of queer filmmakers and the cultural histories of queer audiences. Queer Images surveys a wide variety of films, individuals, and subcultures, including the work of discreetly homosexual filmmakers during Hollywood''s Golden Age; classical Hollywood''s (failed) attempt to purge "sex perversion" from films; the development of gay male camp in Hollywood cinema; queer exploitation films and gay physique films; the queerness of 1960s Underground Film practice; independent lesbian documentaries and experimental films; cinematic responses to the AIDS crisis; the rise and impact of New Queer Cinema; the growth of LGBT film festivals; and how contemporary Hollywood deals with queer issues. This entertaining and insightful book reveals how the meaning of sexual identity—as reflected on the silver screen—has changed a great deal over the decades, and it celebrates both the pioneers and contemporary practitioners of queer film in America. Queer Images is an essential volume for film buffs and anyone interested in sexuality and culture.

Author : Sean Griffin
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-24
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781405194969

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Free and Easy? by Sean Griffin Pdf

A History of the American Musical narrates the evolution of the film musical genre, discussing its influences and how it has come to be defined; the first text on this subject for over two decades, it employs the very latest concepts and research. The most up-to-date text on the subject, with uniquely comprehensive coverage and employing the very latest concepts and research Surveys centuries of music history from the music and dance of Native Americans to contemporary music performance in streaming media Examines the different ways the film musical genre has been defined, what gets counted as a musical, why, and who gets to make that decision The text is written in an accessible manner for general cinema and musical theatre buffs, whilst retaining theoretical rigour in research Describes the contributions made to the genre by marginalized or subordinated identity groups who have helped invent and shape the musical

Author : Lundy Bancroft
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0425191656

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Why Does He Do That? by Lundy Bancroft Pdf

In this groundbreaking bestseller, Lundy Bancroft—a counselor who specializes in working with abusive men—uses his knowledge about how abusers think to help women recognize when they are being controlled or devalued, and to find ways to get free of an abusive relationship. He says he loves you. So...why does he do that? You’ve asked yourself this question again and again. Now you have the chance to see inside the minds of angry and controlling men—and change your life. In Why Does He Do That? you will learn about: • The early warning signs of abuse • The nature of abusive thinking • Myths about abusers • Ten abusive personality types • The role of drugs and alcohol • What you can fix, and what you can’t • And how to get out of an abusive relationship safely “This is without a doubt the most informative and useful book yet written on the subject of abusive men. Women who are armed with the insights found in these pages will be on the road to recovering control of their lives.”—Jay G. Silverman, Ph.D., Director, Violence Prevention Programs, Harvard School of Public Health

Author : Emily Faithfull
Publisher : Applewood Books
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 9781429004602

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Three Visits to America by Emily Faithfull Pdf

A woman from Scotland recounts her travels in the U.S., focusing particularly issues relating to women (education, employment, etc.), also discussing more general cultural matters.

Author : Johnson Cheu
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2013-01-24
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780786446018

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Diversity in Disney Films by Johnson Cheu Pdf

Although its early films featured racial caricatures and exclusively Caucasian heroines, Disney has, in recent years, become more multicultural in its filmic fare and its image. From Aladdin and Pocahontas to the Asian American boy Russell in Up, from the first African American princess in The Princess and the Frog to "Spanish-mode" Buzz Lightyear in Toy Story 3, Disney films have come to both mirror and influence our increasingly diverse society. This essay collection gathers recent scholarship on representations of diversity in Disney and Disney/Pixar films, not only exploring race and gender, but also drawing on perspectives from newer areas of study, particularly sexuality/queer studies, critical whiteness studies, masculinity studies and disability studies. Covering a wide array of films, from Disney's early days and "Golden Age" to the Eisner era and current fare, these essays highlight the social impact and cultural significance of the entertainment giant. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.

Author : Thomas Louis Haines,Levi W. Yaggy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 656 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1882
Category : Conduct of life
ISBN : UCAL:$B45362

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The Royal Path of Life by Thomas Louis Haines,Levi W. Yaggy Pdf

Author : Iain Robert Smith
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2017-03-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781474407250

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Transnational Film Remakes by Iain Robert Smith Pdf

What happens when a film is remade in another national context? How do notions of translation, adaptation and localisation help us understand the cultural dynamics of these shifts, and in what ways does a transnational perspective offer us a deeper understanding of film remaking? Bringing together a range of international scholars, Transnational Film Remakes is the first edited collection to specifically focus on the phenomenon of cross-cultural remakes. Using a variety of case studies, from Hong Kong remakes of Japanese cinema to Bollywood remakes of Australian television, this book provides an analysis of cinematic remaking that moves beyond Hollywood to address the truly global nature of this phenomenon. Looking at iconic contemporary titles such as The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Oldboy, as well as classics like La Bete Humaine and La Chienne, this book interrogates the fluid and dynamic ways in which texts are adapted and reworked across national borders to provide a distinctive new model for understanding these global cultural borrowings.

Author : Harry M. Benshoff
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1997-11-15
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0719044731

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Monsters in the Closet by Harry M. Benshoff Pdf

Monster in the Closet is a history of the horrors film that explores the genre's relationship to the social and cultural history of homosexuality in America. Drawing on a wide variety of films and primary source materials including censorship files, critical reviews, promotional materials, fanzines, men's magazines, and popular news weeklies, the book examines the historical figure of the movie monster in relation to various medical, psychological, religious and social models of homosexuality. While recent work within gay and lesbian studies has explored how the genetic tropes of the horror film intersect with popular culture's understanding of queerness, this is the first book to examine how the concept of the monster queer has evolved from era to era. From the gay and lesbian sensibilities encoded into the form and content of the classical Hollywood horror film, to recent films which play upon AIDS-related fears. Monster in the Closet examines how the horror film started and continues, to demonize (or quite literally "monsterize") queer sexuality, and what the pleasures and "costs" of such representations might be both for individual spectators and culture at large.