Celluloid Activist: The Life and Times of Vito Russo

Informationen zum Autor Michael Schiavi is associate professor of English and coordinator of English as a second language at New York Institute of Technology's Manhattan campus. His articles have appeared in Cinema Journal , Theatre Journal , Modern Drama , and College Literature . Klappentext This is the biography of gay-rights giant Vito Russo! the man who wrote The Celluloid Closet! commonly regarded as the foundational text of gay and lesbian film studies and one of the first to be widely read. Drawing on archival materials! unpublished letters and journals! and more than two hundred interviews! including conversations with a range of Russo's friends and family! this provides an unprecedented portrait of a man who defined gay-rights and AIDS activism. Zusammenfassung The first critical biography of gay-rights activist Vito Russo. Celluloid Activist illuminates! through the life of this fascinating individual! some of the most explosive cultural revolutions in American history and significantly expands the fields of gay film studies! biography! and history.

Klappentext
This is the biography of gay-rights giant Vito Russo, the man who wrote The Celluloid Closet, commonly regarded as the foundational text of gay and lesbian film studies and one of the first to be widely read. Drawing on archival materials, unpublished letters and journals, and more than two hundred interviews, including conversations with a range of Russo's friends and family, this provides an unprecedented portrait of a man who defined gay-rights and AIDS activism.

Zusammenfassung
The first critical biography of gay-rights activist Vito Russo. Celluloid Activist illuminates, through the life of this fascinating individual, some of the most explosive cultural revolutions in American history and significantly expands the fields of gay film studies, biography, and history.

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