TY  - GEN
T1  - Celluloid activist : the life and times of Vito Russo
T2  - Book collections on Project MUSE.
A1  - Schiavi, Michael R.
LA  - English
PP  - Madison, Wisconsin
PB  - The University of Wisconsin Press
YR  - 2011
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn757736367
AB  - "Celluloid Activist is the biography of gay-rights giant Vito Russo, the man who wrote The Celluloid Closet: Homosexuality in the Movies, commonly regarded as the foundational text of gay and lesbian film studies and one of the first to be widely read. But Russo was much more than a pioneering journalist and author. A founding member of the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) and cofounder of the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP), Russo lived at the center of the most important gay cultural turning points in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. His life as a cultural Zelig intersects a crucial period of social change, and in some ways his story becomes the story of a developing gay revolution in America. A frequent participant at zaps and an organizer of Gay Activists Alliance (GAA) cabarets and dances which gave the New York gay and lesbian community its first social alternative to Mafia-owned bars. Russo made his most enduring contribution to the GAA with his marshaling of Movie Nights, the forerunners to his worldwide Celluloid Closet lecture tours that gave gay audiences their first community forum for the dissection of gay imagery in mainstream film. Biographer Michael Schiavi unravels Vito Russo's fascinating life story, from his childhood in East Harlem to his own heartbreaking experiences with HIV/AIDS. Drawing on archival materials, unpublished letters and journals, and more than two hundred interviews, including conversations with a range of Russo's friends and family, from brother Charlie Russo to comedian Lily Tomlin to pioneering activist and playwright Larry Kramer, Celluloid Activist provides an unprecedented portrait of a man who defined gay-rights and AIDS activism"--From publisher.
OP  - 361
CN  - PN1998.3.R885 S35 2011eb
SN  - 9780299282332
SN  - 0299282333
SN  - 9780299282394
SN  - 0299282392
SN  - 1283244403
SN  - 9781283244404
SN  - 9786613244406
SN  - 6613244406
SN  - 9780299282301
SN  - 0299282309
SN  - 9780299282349
SN  - 0299282341
KW  - Russo, Vito.
KW  - Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (New York, N.Y.) : History : 20th century.
KW  - ACT UP New York (Organization) : History : 20th century.
KW  - Russo, Vito
KW  - ACT UP New York (Organization)
KW  - Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (New York, N.Y.)
KW  - Film historians : United States : Biography.
KW  - Gay activists : United States : Biography.
KW  - AIDS activists : United States : Biography.
KW  - Gay authors : United States : Biography.
KW  - Homosexuality in motion pictures : History : 20th century.
KW  - Historiens du cinéma : États-Unis : Biographies.
KW  - Activistes homosexuels : États-Unis : Biographies.
KW  - Homosexualité au cinéma : Histoire : 20e siècle.
KW  - Écrivains homosexuels : États-Unis : Biographies.
KW  - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY : Entertainment & Performing Arts.
KW  - ART : Film & Video.
KW  - PERFORMING ARTS : Film & Video : Reference.
KW  - Film historians
KW  - Gay activists
KW  - Homosexuality in motion pictures
KW  - United States
KW  - Gay political activists.
KW  - LGBTQ+ activists.
KW  - AIDS activists.
KW  - HIV-positive people.
KW  - Gay studies.
KW  - Gay authors.
KW  - LGBTQ+ cinema.
KW  - 1900-1999
KW  - Gay film historians : LGBTQ+ film historians
KW  - Electronic books.
KW  - Biography
KW  - Biographies
KW  - History
KW  - Gay biographies.
KW  - LGBTQ+ biographies.
KW  - Biographies.
ER  -