{"product_id":"bike-boys-drag-queens-and-superstars-avant-garde-mass-culture-and-gay-identities-in-the-1960s-underground-cinema-9780253329714","title":"Bike Boys, Drag Queens, and Superstars: Avant-Garde, Mass Culture, and Gay Identities in the 1960s Underground Cinema","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis comprehensive, insightful study demonstrates that 1960s New York underground film fused 'artistic innovation and the exploration of everyday life' and distinctively interacted with mass culture.' --Choice\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e . . . thoroughly researched [and] engaging text . . . --Library Journal\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a very timely and welcome book. . . . intervenes very effectively to rewrite the history of the 1960s American underground cinema. --UTS Review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the confluence of experimental art and the gay subculture of early 1960s New York, Juan Suárez discovers a postmodern, gay-influenced aesthetic that recycles popular culture. Filmmakers Kenneth Anger, Jack Smith, and Andy Warhol epitomize this sensibility, combining the influences of European avant-garde movements, comic books, rock 'n' roll, camp, film cults, drag performances, fashion, and urban street cultures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Juan A. Suarez\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Indiana University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/22\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.79h x 5.19w x 1.21d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780253329714\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/1996 pg. 56\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/1996 pg. 110\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJUAN A. SUÁREZ is Assistant Professor of English at the Universidad de Murcia, Spain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40490340089971,"sku":"9.78025E+12","price":47.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_ef32714f-64d7-4f25-835d-577715ec228a.jpg?v=1664888998","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/bike-boys-drag-queens-and-superstars-avant-garde-mass-culture-and-gay-identities-in-the-1960s-underground-cinema-9780253329714","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}