Table of Contents

Introduction - Impossible Bodies, Compromised Positions Part I: Gesturing Towards Genres - 1. Visible Difference and Flex Appeal: The Body, Sex, Sexuality and Race in the Pumping Iron Films 2. When a Lesbian is Not a Lesbian?: The Lesbian Continuum and the Mainstream Femme Film 3. Noveaux Western for the 1990s: Genre Off-Shoots, Audience Re-Routes Part II: Siding With Sidekicks - 4. 'Crusin' for a Brusin': Hollywood's Deadly (Lesbian) Dolls 5. 'Swede as Other' 6. 'Latinas in La-La Land: From Bit Part to Stratlet in Indie and Mainstream Films Part III: Starring at Stars 7. Chanelling Desire, Making Whoopi 8. The Aging Clint 9. Marketing Dolly Dialectics: The Sky is Green, the Grass is Blue

About the Author

Chris Holmlund is Associate Professorin Cinema Studfies and Women's Studies at The University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She is the co-editor of Between the Sheets, in the Streets: Queer, Lesbian, Gay Documentary (Minnesota UP, 1997).

Reviews

'Masculinity: Bodies, Movies, Culture is a diverse and intriguing collection of essays whose impressive range of reference embraces a broad chronology, medium and nationality' - Rosemary Barrow, Journal of European Area Studies