Brokeback Mountain

by Gary Needham

Overview

Since its release in 2005, Brokeback Mountain became a major cultural event and a milestone in independent American filmmaking. Based on the short story by Annie Proulx and directed by Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain situated a love story between two closeted cowboys at the heart of American mythology, film spectatorship and genre. Brokeback Mountain offered an independent and queer revision of the conventions and clichés of the western and the melodrama through a studied exploration of homophobia and the closet. This book examines Brokeback Mountain in relation to indie cinema, genre, spectatorship, editing, and homosexuality. In doing so it brings film studies and queer theory into dialogue with one another and explains the importance of Brokeback Mountain as both a contemporary independent and queer film.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780748633821
Publisher:	Edinburgh University Press
Publication date:	03/31/2010
Series:	American Indies
Pages:	152
Product dimensions:	5.43(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Gary Needham is Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies at the Nottingham Trent University

Table of Contents

1. Introduction; 2. Genre; 3. Spectatorship and Brokeback Fever; 4. Exhibition and Reception.

Editorial Reviews

[An] excellent monograph.

Film Quarterly - Martin Fradley

The role of this series is significant in adding to the discourse in circulation.

New Review of Film and Television Studies - Rona Murray

This is an attractive volume with an appealing cover and high production values. It offers

M/C - Media and Culture - Sandra Burr