Bike boys, drag queens & superstars : avant-garde, mass culture, and gay identities in the 1960s underground cinema /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Suárez, Juan Antonio (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [1996]
Subjects:	Anger, Kenneth > Criticism and interpretation. Smith, Jack, > 1932-1989 > Criticism and interpretation. Warhol, Andy, > 1928-1987 > Criticism and interpretation. Experimental films > United States > History and criticism. Homosexuality in motion pictures. Popular culture > United States. Culture in motion pictures. Anger, Kenneth. Smith, Jack, > 1932-1989. Warhol, Andy, > 1928-1987. Smith, Jack, > 1932-1989 Warhol, Andy, > 1928-1987 Experimental films. Popular culture. United States. Untergrundfilm Homosexualität Massenkultur Homoseksualiteit. Experimentele filmkunst. Geschichte 1960-1970. USA. Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Table of Contents:

1. Avant-Garde and Mass Culture: Mapping the Dialectic
2. The American Underground as a Cultural Formation: Practices, Institutions, and Ideologies
3. The 1960s Underground as Political Postmodernism: From the New Sensibility to Gay Cultural Activism
4. Pop, Queer, or Fascist? The Ambiguity of Mass Culture in Kenneth Anger's Scorpio Rising
5. Drag, Rubble, and "Secret Flix": Jack Smith's Avant-Garde against the Lucky Landlord Empire
6. The Artist as Advertiser: Stardom, Style, and Commodification in Andy Warhol's Underground Films.