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Item Details
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WIDESCREEN DREAMS
GROWING UP GAY AT THE MOVIES |
| By: |
Patrick E. Horrigan |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£24.50 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0299161609 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780299161606 |
| Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
21 May, 1999 |
| Series: |
Living Out: Gay and Lesbian Autobiographies |
| Pages: |
240 |
| Description: |
The coming out story of a "generation Xer" who came of age in the 1970s. From the age of ten, when author Horrigan first saw "Hello, Dolly!" his life was changed. Focusing on five films, his story offers an exploration of what it means to be young and gay in the movie palace of American culture. |
| Synopsis: |
In 1973, a ten-year-old boy named Patrick Horrigan saw the television premiere of the film version of "Hello, Dolly!" starring Barbra Streisand. His life would never be the same. "Widescreen Dreams" is the coming-out story of a "generation Xer" who came of age in the 1970s. Horrigan's dreams revolved around the movies and this chronicle of his coming out focuses on five Hollywood films that were touchstones of his personal evolution. Ranging from "The Sound of Music" and "The Wiz" to "The Poseidon Adventure" and "Dog Day Afternoon", the films reflect Horrigan's sense of isolation and sexuality, as well as his complex relationship with his large Irish Catholic family. The book is an autobiography as well as a work of cultural criticism, offering an exploration of what it has meant to be young, gay and alive within the movie palace of American culture. |
| Illustrations: |
24 illustrations |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
University of Wisconsin Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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