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Author:   Justin Vicari
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.354kg
ISBN:  

9780786461608

ISBN 10:   0786461608
Pages:   255
Publication Date:   12 January 2011
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Preface      Introduction: Searching for Bob Elkin      Part 1. Personal Visions 1. Fifteen Minutes of the Future: François Ozon’s A Summer Dress      2. To Bend Without Breaking: Bisexuality and Adaptation in the Films of André Téchiné      3. Tentative, Tender ... and Trendy? Gregg Araki’s Teen Trilogy      4. Rock Star Bisexuality in Todd Haynes’ Velvet Goldmine      5. For Whom the Bi Tolls: Craig Lucas’ The Dying Gaul and Ozon’s Water Drops on Burning Rocks      Part 2. Alone and with Others 6. Making the Man: The Bisexual Hero      7. Illegible Patriarchies: Bisexualizing the Family      8. Fazes and Mazes: Inside the Triangle      Part 3. Matters of Love and Death 9. The Schoolboy Crush and Its Ambiguous Object      10. Turning It On and Off: “Bi for Pay”      11. Allegories of AIDS      12. In His Wake: The Strange Power of the Dead Bisexual      13. At the Limits of Heterosexuality: The Woman’s Viewpoint in Anatomy of Hell      Conclusion: “It’s All Good”      Chapter Notes      Works Cited      Index     

Reviews

Recommended! Vicari has amazing insights into bisexuality and how it is expressed on film. His film criticism is both in-depth and fascinating --Examiner.com; the well-conceived structure, detailed reflections, and lucid writing style of Vicari's study should interest both casual cineastes and scholars. It is certain to become an influential staple and offer solid grounding for further research and examination --brightlightsfilm.com.

Recommended! Vicari has amazing insights into bisexuality and how it is expressed on film. His film criticism is both in-depth and fascinating --<i>Examiner.com</i>; the well-conceived structure, detailed reflections, and lucid writing style of Vicari's study should interest both casual cineastes and scholars. It is certain to become an influential staple and offer solid grounding for further research and examination --<i>brightlightsfilm.com</i>.

Author Information

Justin Vicari is an award-winning poet, essayist and film writer. He lives in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania.

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