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- ISBN
- 9780814335147
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Wayne State University Press
ISBN-10
0814335144
ISBN-13
9780814335147
eBay Product ID (ePID)
167361421
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
296 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Montgomery Clift, Queer Star
Subject
Film / General, Entertainment & Performing Arts, Film / History & Criticism
Publication Year
2013
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Performing Arts, Biography & Autobiography
Series
Contemporary Approaches to Film and Media Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
17.6 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2013-018444
Reviews
Expertly researched, carefully considered, and richly, lovingly written, Montgomery Clift: Queer Star presents an important, engaging, and rewarding contribution to film studies and queer studies., This eloquently written volume was often difficult for me to put down; I found it very engaging. It has clarity, precision, and focus, building well on work that has come before. It is destined to become the definitive scholarly work on Montgomery Clift., Elisabetta Girelli has written an elegant, illuminating book on one of Hollywood's most iconic male stars. Her sharp, thoroughly researched and theoretically informed analysis of Clift's enigmatic persona delivers fresh insights into the full range of his films. Eroticised and pained in early roles and, in later ones, more conflicted and alienated, Clift's ambiguous screen presence is persuasively read as a challenge to dominant contemporary norms and ideals of selfhood., Girelli does a heroically astute job of offering detailed analyses of Clift's post-accident films. . . She points out that "a new queerness" awaits discovery in these later films, and indeed her analysis leads one to seek them out anew. . . Love, in all of its myriad forms, is in the air throughout this complexly conceived, thoroughly engaging, and provocative book., The breadth of Girelli's theoretical knowledge and the care with which she marries queer theory with detailed analyses of Clift's filmography allow Montgomery Clift: Queer Star to be a productive addition to queer star studies. It is a testament to both her analytic intelligence and clear passion for her subject that it will be difficult for me to watch a Montgomery Clift performance and not think of the subtleties of erotic ambivalence and gender disruption that Girelli illuminates throughout her book.
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Yes
Synopsis
Strikingly beautiful and exceptionally talented, Montgomery Clift was at the peak of his fame in 1956 when a devastating car crash nearly destroyed his face. While this traumatic event robbed him of his heartthrob status and turned him into a somewhat disturbing, socially alienated character, author Elisabetta Girelli argues that Clift had always combined on-screen erotic ambiguity with real-life sexual nonconformity. In Montgomery Clift, Queer Star she maps the development of Clift's subversive image over the span of his entire career, approaching Clift as a queer signifier who defied normative cultural structures. From the sexually ambivalent "beautiful boy" of his early films, to the seemingly asexual, transgressive, and often distressed man of his last years, Girelli argues that Clift shows remarkable consistency as a star: his presence always challenges established notions of virility, sexuality, and bodily "normality." Girelli's groundbreaking analysis uses queer theory to assess Clift's disruptive legacy, engaging with key critical concepts such as the closet, performativity, queer shame, crip theory, and queer temporality. She balances theoretical frameworks with extensive close readings of his performances and a consideration of how Clift's personal life, and public perceptions of it, informed his overall image as a deviant star and man. Montgomery Clift, Queer Star offers a comprehensive critical assessment of Clift through classic texts of queer criticism, as well as new interventions in the field. Scholars of gender and film, performance studies, queer and sexuality studies, and masculinity studies will appreciate this compelling study., Strikingly beautiful and exceptionally talented, Montgomery Clift was at the peak of his fame in 1956 when a car crash nearly destroyed his face. While this traumatic event robbed him of his heartthrob status and turned him into a somewhat disturbing, socially alienated character, author Elisabetta Girelli argues that Clift had always combined on-screen erotic ambiguity with real-life sexual nonconformity. In this title she maps the development of Clift's subversive image over the span of his career, approaching Clift as a queer signifier who defied normative cultural structures.
LC Classification Number
PN2287.C545G57 2014
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- 2***t (122)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseItem as described and arrived on time. Good value. The book was wrapped tightly in a thin plastic shipping sleeve, but in transit, this was thin enough that it tore in some places to expose the book, but book still arrived in pretty good shape.
- s***s (640)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseI received what was described, my item was packaged securely, and it was shipped out to me quickly. This seller did it all for a great price too. A++++
- b***r (1044)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseThe item arrived quickly... it was new as described by the seller, however the photo showed it with a slipcover and it did not arrive with on. The seller was glad to accept a return and refund me the total. I would definitely do business with them again in the future.Big (25th Anniversary Edition) [Blu-ray] (#176839815076)