Gay Men at the Movies

Cinema, Memory and the History of a Gay Male Community

Scott McKinnon

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Intellect Books
15 November 2016

Films, movies & cinema; Gay studies (Gay men); Languages & ESL; Finnish - Languages

Cinema has long played a major role in the formation of community among marginalized groups, and this book details that process for gay men in Sydney, Australia from the 1950s to the present. Scott McKinnon builds the book from a variety of sources, including film reviews, media reports, personal memoirs, oral histories, and a striking range of films, all deployed to answer the question of understanding cinema-going as a moment of connection to community and identity—how the experience of seeing these films and being part of an audience helped to build a community among the gay men of Sydney in the period.

By: Scott McKinnon
Imprint: Intellect Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 178mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 522g
ISBN: 9781783205967
ISBN 10: 1783205962
Pages: 250
Publication Date: 15 November 2016
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction Part One: Friends of Dorothy in the Emerald City Chapter 1 – The 1950s – Censored from view for all to see Gay space, cinema-going and censorship in 1950s Sydney Regular guys and ‘sister boys’: Tea and Sympathy Friends of Tom Lee: Rebel without a Cause, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Some Like it Hot Chapter 2 – The 1960s – Undeniable Gay space, cinema-going and censorship in 1960s Sydney Poor unfortunate souls: Victim and Advise and Consent The real lives of English youth: A Taste of Honey, The Leather Boys and If... Chapter 3 – The 1970s – Strike up the band Gay space, cinema-going and censorship in 1970s Sydney A memory of times gone by: The Boys in the Band The thrill of the new: Sunday Bloody Sunday and A Very Natural Thing Chapter 4 – The 1980s – Arriving at last, leaving too soon Gay space, cinema-going and censorship in 1980s Sydney The Hollywood gaze: Fame, Partners, Cruising and Making Love An independent eye: Taxi Zum Klo Chapter 5 – The 1990s – When we were cool Gay space, cinema-going and censorship in 1990s Sydney Made for them or watched by us? The Sum of Us To enlighten and remember: Philadelphia and Longtime Companion Chapter 6 – The 2000s – In the shadow of the mountain Gay space, cinema-going and censorship in 2000s Sydney The film that got us good: Brokeback Mountain Staying home or going to the festival: Another Gay Movie and Shelter Part Two: Memories of Dorothy: Memories, Movies, Gay Men Chapter 7 – Gay kids at the movies – Movie memory and queer childhoods On-screen memories: Childhood Remembering childhood cinema-going Chapter 8 – Others like us – Movie memory and the search for community Movie memories at the movies: Identity Learning, reciting and refuting memory Chapter 9 – We were there – Movie memory and the search for a queer past Heroes and villains: Braveheart and Alexander Creating ‘our’ history: Stonewall and Milk Conclusion: Gay Men at the Movies

Scott McKinnon is a postdoctoral research fellow at Western Sydney University and an honorary research associate at the University of Sydney.

Reviews for Gay Men at the Movies: Cinema, Memory and the History of a Gay Male Community

"'The book is not a history of gay films or a history of gay men as film actors, writers, directors, or producers. McKinnon's focus is on gay men as film audiences rather than as filmmakers. The films considered here are popular cinema, meaning movies screened in commercial theaters and reviewed in the mainstream media. McKinnon is not interested in developing new insights or analyses of these films but rather in understanding ""the historical processes of interpretation and meaning-making undertaken by audiences."" At the movies, we engage not only with a film, but also with a space, with an audience, friends, and a neighborhood, so that going to movies is an act of social and cultural interaction and participation. Thus to understand how movies have shaped gay culture, identity, and community, we need to contemplate the place, context, and ongoing memories of film viewing that become part of our individual histories and a collective past. ' -- The Bay Area Reporter, Brian Bromberger"