Queer Horror Film and Television

Sexuality and Masculinity at the Margins

Nonfiction, Entertainment, Performing Arts, Television, History & Criticism
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Author: Darren Elliott-Smith ISBN: 9781786721372
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Publication: September 30, 2016
Imprint: I.B. Tauris Language: English
Author: Darren Elliott-Smith
ISBN: 9781786721372
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication: September 30, 2016
Imprint: I.B. Tauris
Language: English

In recent years, the representation of alternative sexuality in the horror film and television has 'outed' itself from the shadows from which it once lurked via the embrace of an outrageously queer horror aesthetic where homosexuality is often unequivocally referenced. In this book, Darren Elliott-Smith departs from the analysis of the monster as a symbol of heterosexual anxiety and fear, and moves to focus instead on queer fears and anxieties within gay male subcultures. Furthermore, he examines the works of significant queer horror film and television producers and directors to reveal gay men's anxieties about: acceptance and assimilation into Western culture, the perpetuation of self-loathing and gay shame, and further anxieties surrounding associations shameful femininity.

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In recent years, the representation of alternative sexuality in the horror film and television has 'outed' itself from the shadows from which it once lurked via the embrace of an outrageously queer horror aesthetic where homosexuality is often unequivocally referenced. In this book, Darren Elliott-Smith departs from the analysis of the monster as a symbol of heterosexual anxiety and fear, and moves to focus instead on queer fears and anxieties within gay male subcultures. Furthermore, he examines the works of significant queer horror film and television producers and directors to reveal gay men's anxieties about: acceptance and assimilation into Western culture, the perpetuation of self-loathing and gay shame, and further anxieties surrounding associations shameful femininity.

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