Lecture Four: Cruising (William Friedkin 1980)
Some suggested reading
- Burston, Paul (1995)
A Queer Romance: Lesbians, Gay Men and Popular Culture.
London: Routledge
- Burston, Paul (1996) 'Confessions of a Gay Film Critic, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Cruising'.
In Mark Simpson (Ed)
Anti-Gay. London: Cassell, pp. 84-97
- Chandler, Daniel (nd)
Case Studies: Cruising (Dir. William Friedkin, 1980).
[WWW document] URL
http://users.aber.ac.uk/dgc/Restricted/?d=bent_screens&f=cruising_case_study.pdf
- Clum, John M. (2002)
He's All Man: Learning Masculinity, Gayness, and Love from American Movies.
London: Palgrave
- Dyer, Richard (Ed.) (1977)
Gays and Film. London: British Film Institute
- Dyer, Richard (1990)
Now You See It: Studies on Lesbian and Gay Film. London: Routledge
- Dyer, Richard (1993)
The Matter of Images: Essays on Representation. London: Routledge
- Fone, Byrne R. S. (2000)
Homophobia: A History. New York: Metropolitan Books
- Hadleigh, Boze (2001)
The Lavender Screen: The Gay and Lesbian Films - Their Stars, Makers,
Characters, and Critics. New York: Citadel
- Keller, James R. (2002)
Queer (Un)Friendly Film and Television.
Jefferson, NC: McFarland
- Murray, Raymond (1996)
Images in the Dark: An Encyclopedia of Gay and Lesbian
Film and Video. New York: Plume/Penguin [a useful reference text]
- Proudfoot, Ross (2003)
'Homophobia in Films' [WWW document] URL
http://users.aber.ac.uk/dgc/media/Students/rpp0201.doc (student essay)
- Russo, Vito (1980) 'Warning; This Film Could Seriously Damage Your Health',
Gay News Special Report 190 (May 1-14): 1-4
- Russo, Vito (1987)
The Celluloid Closet: Homosexuality in the Movies.
New York: HarperCollins
- Shakir, Shanaz (2006)
'Homophobia in Films' [WWW document] URL
http://users.aber.ac.uk/dgc/media/Students/szs0406.pdf (student essay)
- Watney, Simon (1982): 'Hollywood's Homosexual World', Screen 23(3-4): 107-21
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