CLASS NOTES

WEEK NINE

SEXUALITY Homosexuality as a 19th century construct After the Enlightenment rise of empiricism Beginning to study people, classify, type At the beginning of the century 80 sexual types are noted. At the end of the century two, homosexual and heterosexual Homosexuality becomes criminalized (Gross Indecency Acts) Things to think about You may wish to review the Sedgwick questions? How do characters perform their sexuality Look at  gestures actions attire hair make-up How are people portrayed? stereotypes continuums across a spectrum butch  femme (nancy, pansy, sissy) What are their roles in the film? buddy movies How do they interact with opposite sex? How do they interact with same sex? Look for sub-text, coding SCREENED FILMS THE CELLULOID CLOSET All Movie Guide Internet Movie Database Director Robert Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman Writers  Robert Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman, Armistead Maupin, Vito Russo, & Sharon Wood Based upon book by Vito Russo HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH All Movie Guide Internet Movie Database Director John Cameron Mitchell Stars John Cameron Mitchell, Michael Pitt, Miriam Shor POISON All Movie Guide Internet Movie Database Director Todd Haynes Based upon the novels of Jean Genet TONGUES UNTIED All Movie Guide Internet Movie Database Director Marlon Riggs Stars Marlon Riggs, Essex Hemphill (Notes derived from Russo, Vito.  The Celluloid Closet. )  RELATED RESOURCES--REVIEWS, ARTICLES Inside the Celluloid Closet Lily Tomlin Advocate Magazine http://www.advocate.com/html/video/811_celluloid_closet.asp Tongues Retied Daniel Chandler http://www.current.org/prog/prog114g.html RELATED RESOURCES--QUEER THEORY Articles/Papers: Queer Theory PopCultures.com http://www.popcultures.com/articles/queer.htm QueerTheory.com Queer Theory is in Association with the Philosophy Research Base  at  erraticimpact.com  © 2000, 2001 by queertheory.com     http://www.queertheory.com/ SWIRL: Queer Theory Warren Hedges English Department Southern Oregon University http://www.sou.edu/English/IDTC/Issues/Gender/queer2.htm  theory.org.uk Resources: Queer Theory David Gauntlett Institute of Communications Studies  University of Leeds http://www.theory.org.uk/ctr-quee.htm

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