Cleis Press
Titles appearing in Art Book News Annual — January 2007
The queer encyclopedia of film and television.
Ed. by Claude J. Summers. (Queer encyclopedia series)
Cleis Press, ©2005 316 p. $29.95 PN1590
1-57344-209-7
The editor of The Queer Encyclopedia of the Visual Arts and The Queer Encyclopedia of Music, Dance & Musical Theater compiles some 160 entries comprising an illustrated history of film and TV genres, personalities, and related topics viewed through queer lenses. As one contributor notes, while "it is a part of popular cultural mythology that homosexuals are...obsessed with Hollywood ... precisely the reverse..." is true. Summers (emeritus, humanities and English, U. of Michigan-Dearborn) introduces issues relating to how sexual minorities are represented and the efforts of the gay, lesbian, queer studies movement to reclaim its cultural heritage. (Annotation ©2007 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
