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Dangerous, Desperate, and Homosexual: Cinematic Representations of the Male Prostitute as Fallen Angels

The purpose of this study is to frame the cinematic male prostitute as a "fallen angel" to demonstrate that the evolution of the cinematic hustler has paralleled historicized ideological definitions of male homosexuality. Because cultural understandings of male homosexuality frequently reflect Judeo-Christian ideological significations of sin and corruption, the term "fallen angel" is utilized to describe the hustler as a figure who has also succumbed to sin due to his sexual involvement with other men. This study constructs an epochal analysis of eight films that explores the confluence of the social understanding of homosexuality with the cinematic image of the hustler from the mid 1960s through the present. In doing so, this study shows that the image of the cinematic hustler is intricately tied to the image of the male homosexual in material cultures and eras that produce them. A filmography is included.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc6085
Date05 1900
CreatorsLay, John Phillip
ContributorsBenshoff, Harry, Larke-Walsh, Sandra, Chng, Chwee-Lye
PublisherUniversity of North Texas
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
FormatText
RightsPublic, Copyright, Lay, John Phillip, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

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