Queer Images: A History of Gay and Lesbian Film in America

Film scholars Benshoff (U. of North Texas) and Griffin (Southern Methodist U.) provide a survey of the history of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered characters and themes in the movies. Coverage spans everything from Hollywood films to experimental, exploitation/sexploitation, cult, documentaries, and television movies. The films are examined in relation to one another and also within the context of the social, cultural, and political history of homosexuality. The volume is illustrat...