For around a hundred years up to the Stonewall riots, the word used for gay men was 'queers'. In The Culture of Queers, Richard Dyer traces the contours of queer culture, examining the differences and continuities with the gay culture which succeeded it.
Opening with a discussion of the very concept of 'queers', Dyer asks what it means to speak of a sexual grouping having a culture, and addresses issues such as gay attitudes to women and the notion of camp. From screaming queens to sensitive vampires and sad young men, and from pulp novels to pornography to the films of Fassbinder, The Culture of Queers explores the history of queer arts and media.
- ISBN10 6613954861
- ISBN13 9786613954862
- Publish Date 2 October 2012 (first published 20 December 2001)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 26 October 2012
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Not Avail
- Format eBook
- Pages 253
- Language English