Vampires & violets : lesbians in film /

A revelatory survey of lesbian identity in film--from the crossdressing stars like Garbo, Dietrich, and Hepburn to the vampire movies of the late '60s, Silkwood and The Color Purple. With wit and political acumen, Weiss reveals the concealed world of a host of movies both popular and forgotten.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Weiss, Andrea (Film producer) (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Penguin Books, 1993.
Subjects:	Lesbianism in motion pictures. Lesbians in motion pictures. Lesbian actresses. leszbikusok > filmművészeti ábrázolás. filmtörténet > 20. sz. Lesbianisme au cinéma. Lesbianism in motion pictures Lesbische Orientierung Bibel > Philemonbrief Geschichte Film
Online Access:	Table of contents

Description
Summary:	A revelatory survey of lesbian identity in film--from the crossdressing stars like Garbo, Dietrich, and Hepburn to the vampire movies of the late '60s, Silkwood and The Color Purple. With wit and political acumen, Weiss reveals the concealed world of a host of movies both popular and forgotten.
Item Description:	"A Penguin original"--Label on cover. The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Arden Eversmeyer Collection.
Physical Description:	184 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:	Filmography: pages 175-179. Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-174) and index.
ISBN:	0140231005 9780140231007