An American Western made by a Taiwanese director and filmed in Canada, Brokeback Mountain was a global cultural phenomenon even before it became the highest grossing gay-themed drama in film history. Few films have inspired as much passion and debate, or produced as many contradictory responses, from online homage to late-night parody. In this wide-ranging and incisive collection, writers, journalists, scholars, and ordinary viewers explore the film and Annie Proulx's original story as well as their ongoing cultural and political significance. The contributors situate Brokeback Mountain in…mehr
An American Western made by a Taiwanese director and filmed in Canada, Brokeback Mountain was a global cultural phenomenon even before it became the highest grossing gay-themed drama in film history. Few films have inspired as much passion and debate, or produced as many contradictory responses, from online homage to late-night parody. In this wide-ranging and incisive collection, writers, journalists, scholars, and ordinary viewers explore the film and Annie Proulx's original story as well as their ongoing cultural and political significance. The contributors situate Brokeback Mountain in relation to gay civil rights, the cinematic and literary Western, the Chinese value of forbearance, male melodrama, and urban and rural working lives across generations and genders. The Brokeback Book builds on earlier debates by novelist David Leavitt, critic Daniel Mendelsohn, producer James Schamus, and film reviewer Kenneth Turan with new and noteworthy interpretations of the Brokeback phenomenon, the film, and its legacy. Also appearing in print for the first time is Michael Silverblatt's interview with Annie Proulx about the story she wrote and the film it became.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
William R. Handley is an associate professor of English at the University of Southern California. He is the author of Marriage, Violence, and Nation in the American Literary West and the coeditor, with Nathaniel Lewis, of True West: Authenticity and the American West, available in a Bison Books edition. Contributors: Martin Aguilera, Calvin Bedient, Colin Carman, Alan Dale, Jon Davies, Chris Freeman, Judith Halberstam, William R. Handley, Gregory Hinton, Andrew Holleran, Alex Hunt, David Leavitt, Mun-Hou Lo, Susan McCabe, Daniel Mendelsohn, James Morrison, Vanessa Osborne, Annie Proulx, James Schamus, Michael Silverblatt, Adam Sonstegard, Noah Tsika, Kenneth Turan, Patricia Nell Warren, and David Weiss.
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List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: The Pasts and Futures of a Story and a Film William R. Handley Part 1. Gay or Universal Story? Initial Debates and Cultural Contexts 1. Men in Love: Is Brokeback Mountain a Gay Film? David Leavitt 2. An Affair to Remember Daniel Mendelsohn 3. Response to "An Affair to Remember" James Schamus 4. The Magic Mountain Andrew Holleran 5. Backs Unbroken: Ang Lee, Forbearance, and the Closet Mun-Hou Lo Part 2. Miles to Go and Promises to Keep: Homophobic Culture and Gay Civil Rights 6. Back to the Ranch Ag'in: Brokeback Mountain and Gay Civil Rights James Morrison 7. Breaking No Ground: Why Crash Won, Why Brokeback Lost, and How the Academy Chose to Play It Safe Kenneth Turan 8. "Jack, I Swear": Some Promises to Gay Culture from Mainstream Hollywood Chris Freeman 9. "Better Two Than One": The Shirts from Brokeback Mountain Gregory Hinton 10. American Eden: Nature, Homophobic Violence, and the Social Imaginary Colin Carman 11. West of the Closet, Fear on the Range Alex Hunt Part 3. Adapting "Brokeback Mountain," Queering the Western 12. Interview between Michael Silverblatt and Annie Proulx 13. In the Shadow of the Tire Iron Alan Dale 14. Adapting Annie Proulx's Story to the Mainstream Multiplex Adam Sonstegard 15. Not So Lonesome Cowboys: The Queer Western Judith Halberstam Part 4. Public Responses and Cultural Appropriations 16. "One Dies, the Other Doesn't": Brokeback and the Blogosphere Noah Tsika 17. Making Sense of the Brokeback Paraphenomenon David Weiss 18. Alberta, Authenticity, and Queer Erasure Jon Davies Part 5. Scenes of Work and Experience in the Rural West 19. Real Gay Cowboys and Brokeback Mountain Patricia Nell Warren 20. Marx on the Mountain: Pleasure and the Laboring Body Vanessa Osborne 21. Personal Borders Martin Aguilera Part 6. Sympathy, Melodrama, and Passion 22. Mother Twist: Brokeback Mountain and Male Melodrama Susan McCabe 23. Passion and Sympathy in Brokeback Mountain Calvin Bedient Selected Brokeback Bibliography Works Cited Contributors
List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: The Pasts and Futures of a Story and a Film William R. Handley Part 1. Gay or Universal Story? Initial Debates and Cultural Contexts 1. Men in Love: Is Brokeback Mountain a Gay Film? David Leavitt 2. An Affair to Remember Daniel Mendelsohn 3. Response to "An Affair to Remember" James Schamus 4. The Magic Mountain Andrew Holleran 5. Backs Unbroken: Ang Lee, Forbearance, and the Closet Mun-Hou Lo Part 2. Miles to Go and Promises to Keep: Homophobic Culture and Gay Civil Rights 6. Back to the Ranch Ag'in: Brokeback Mountain and Gay Civil Rights James Morrison 7. Breaking No Ground: Why Crash Won, Why Brokeback Lost, and How the Academy Chose to Play It Safe Kenneth Turan 8. "Jack, I Swear": Some Promises to Gay Culture from Mainstream Hollywood Chris Freeman 9. "Better Two Than One": The Shirts from Brokeback Mountain Gregory Hinton 10. American Eden: Nature, Homophobic Violence, and the Social Imaginary Colin Carman 11. West of the Closet, Fear on the Range Alex Hunt Part 3. Adapting "Brokeback Mountain," Queering the Western 12. Interview between Michael Silverblatt and Annie Proulx 13. In the Shadow of the Tire Iron Alan Dale 14. Adapting Annie Proulx's Story to the Mainstream Multiplex Adam Sonstegard 15. Not So Lonesome Cowboys: The Queer Western Judith Halberstam Part 4. Public Responses and Cultural Appropriations 16. "One Dies, the Other Doesn't": Brokeback and the Blogosphere Noah Tsika 17. Making Sense of the Brokeback Paraphenomenon David Weiss 18. Alberta, Authenticity, and Queer Erasure Jon Davies Part 5. Scenes of Work and Experience in the Rural West 19. Real Gay Cowboys and Brokeback Mountain Patricia Nell Warren 20. Marx on the Mountain: Pleasure and the Laboring Body Vanessa Osborne 21. Personal Borders Martin Aguilera Part 6. Sympathy, Melodrama, and Passion 22. Mother Twist: Brokeback Mountain and Male Melodrama Susan McCabe 23. Passion and Sympathy in Brokeback Mountain Calvin Bedient Selected Brokeback Bibliography Works Cited Contributors
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