Gay artists in modern American culture : an imagined conspiracy / Michael S. Sherry.

By:

Sherry, Michael S, 1945-

Material type: Text

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780807885895
0807885894

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Gay artists in modern American culture.DDC classification:

704/.086640973 22

LOC classification:

NX180.H6 S54 2007eb

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Contents:

Introduction: Nixon, myself, and others -- Discovery -- Explanation -- Frenzy -- Barber at the met -- Aftermath.

Awards:

Lambda Literary Award, 2008

Summary: Today it is widely recognized that gay men played a prominent role in defining the culture of mid-20th-century America, with such icons as Tennessee Williams, Edward Albee, Aaron Copland, Samuel Barber, Montgomery Clift, and Rock Hudson defining much of what seemed distinctly "American" on the stage and screen. Even though few gay artists were "out," their sexuality caused significant anxiety during a time of rampant antihomosexual attitudes. Michael Sherry offers a sophisticated analysis of the tension between the nation's simultaneous dependence on and fear of the cultura

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-270) and index.

Introduction: Nixon, myself, and others -- Discovery -- Explanation -- Frenzy -- Barber at the met -- Aftermath.

Lambda Literary Award, 2008

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Today it is widely recognized that gay men played a prominent role in defining the culture of mid-20th-century America, with such icons as Tennessee Williams, Edward Albee, Aaron Copland, Samuel Barber, Montgomery Clift, and Rock Hudson defining much of what seemed distinctly "American" on the stage and screen. Even though few gay artists were "out," their sexuality caused significant anxiety during a time of rampant antihomosexual attitudes. Michael Sherry offers a sophisticated analysis of the tension between the nation's simultaneous dependence on and fear of the cultura

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