Essential., Queer Images is a fascinating, sweeping overview of the ways gay men and lesbians have been portrayed on screen and what those portrayals tell us about who we were "and are "as a society. Including an invaluable bibliography, this volume is now the standard for those interested in gay and lesbian film in the U.S. The authors display remarkable, almost archival knowledge of gay representation in classic Hollywood film and the contributions of queer artists to these films. Writing in an engaging, literate style, Benshoff and Griffin brilliantly interweave film theory and queer theory with a history of the U.S.
Benshoff and Griffin point out, entertainingly and urgently, the false either-or 'thinking' that informs American attitudes toward sexuality and gender in real life and reel life "crucially so, for the huge chunk of citizens who believe they have never met 'a homosexual.' Gay-, lesbian-, and bi-themed films and characters are undeniably engaging "and often upsetting "but as this fun and riveting book makes clear, it's one thing to preach 'liberty and justice for all,' and another to practice it "on screen or in life., Replaces Vito Russo's The Celluloid Closet as the authoritative text on this subject.
Understandably, a minority that mostly fails to identify and define itself will be 'explained' and misrepresented by others, especially its cross ill-wishers. For better or usually worse, motion pictures and the visual media are overly influential in defining who and what non-heterosexual people are. Benshoff and Griffin ably guide the avid reader through this by-now vast yet still under exposed field of entertainment and concern.
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