On Brokeback Mountain: Meditations about Masculinity, Fear, and Love in the Story and the Film
by Eric Patterson
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Book Summary Information
Author: Eric PattersonEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-12-28
ISBN: 0739121650
Number of pages: 370
Publisher: Lexington Books
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Summary: 5 Stars
Patterson, Eric. "On Brokeback Mountain: Meditations about Masculinity, Fear, and Love in the Story and Film", Lexington Books, 2007.
Thoughts
Amos Lassen
"Brokeback Mountain" certainly had an impact and more and more writers and thinkers have put their thoughts down for us to consider. Eric Patterson's "On Brokeback Mountain" is a fascinating look at both the story and the film and its relation to the social history of gay American men. It analyzes the literary and artistic traditions of the Western and the tragic love story as well as how America culturally constructs masculinity, friendship and sexual relations between men.
Patterson manages to condense the phenomenon of "Brokeback" and his work is well researched. He looks at the aesthetics of film and its cultural impact and he gives us some new ideas.
This is an interesting and scholarly look at a film that has done so much in such a short time.
Summary of On Brokeback Mountain: Meditations about Masculinity, Fear, and Love in the Story and the Film
On Brokeback Mountain provides accessible, close, and comparative readings of the story and the film, discussing them in relation to the social history of sexual minority men in America. By analyzing the literary and artistic traditions of the homoerotic pastoral, the popular tradition of the Western, and the tradition of the tragic romantic love story, the book explores the American cultural construction of masculinity, friendship, and sexual relationships between men, and the sources and effects of homophobia.History & Criticism Books
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