Bike boys, drag queens & superstars : avant-garde, mass culture, and gay identities in the 1960s underground cinema /
At the confluence of experimental art and the gay subculture of early 1960s New York, Juan Suárez discovers a postmodern, gay-influenced aesthetic that "recycles" popular culture. Filmmakers Kenneth Anger, Jack Smith, and Andy Warhol epitomize this sensibility, combining the influences of...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Bloomington :
Indiana University Press,
©1996.
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| Online Access: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=626 |
| Summary: | At the confluence of experimental art and the gay subculture of early 1960s New York, Juan Suárez discovers a postmodern, gay-influenced aesthetic that "recycles" popular culture. Filmmakers Kenneth Anger, Jack Smith, and Andy Warhol epitomize this sensibility, combining the influences of European avant-garde movements, comic books, rock 'n' roll, camp, film cults, drag performances, fashion, and urban street cultures. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxviii, 353 pages) : illustrations |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-343) and index. Filmography: pages 317-320. |
| ISBN: | 0585020744 9780585020747 025332971X 025321033X 9780253329714 9780253210333 |