Acting Gay - Hardcover

Clum, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0231075103 ISBN 13: 9780231075107

Publisher: Columbia University Press, 1992

Synopsis

Close readings of the central works of gay male drama are divided into three sections that explore the presentation of homosexuality's physical aspects, the portrayal of closet gays, and the recent dramas written as open expressions of gay culture.

About this title

From Library Journal:

This first major study of homosexuality in modern plays conducts a whirlwind survey of texts from Marlowe's Edward II to Finn's Falsettoland , centering on modern English and American drama. Clum's theme, role-playing as the natural state of homosexual life, is traced historically from codified closet gay characters through those who suffer and reject gay life, to integration of the self with society in a vision of wholeness for the gay community. While this is clearly a study of texts, Clum applies sociology and history with passion. He is strongest with extended textual analysis, and one wishes for more such analysis here. This is, nonetheless, an important study of drama which ought to change thinking, performance, and teaching. Recommended.
- Thomas E. Luddy, Salem State Coll., Mass.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Review:

"Traces the evolution of gay themes in drama from the subtexts of the early twentieth century to the flung-open closet doors." -- "The Washington Post"

"Traces the evolution of gay themes in drama from the subtexts of the early twentieth century to the flung-open closet doors." -- The Washington Post

"Traces the evolution of gay themes in drama from the subtexts of the early twentieth century to the flung-open closet doors." -- "The Washington Post"

About this edition

• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0231075103
• ISBN 13: 9780231075107
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 393