{"product_id":"montgomery-clift-queer-star-elisabetta-girelli-9780814335147","title":"Montgomery Clift, Queer Star","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eConsiders Montgomery Clift's star persona, film roles, and performances through the lens of queer theory.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStrikingly beautiful and exceptionally talented, Montgomery Clift was at the peak of his fame in 1956 when a devastating car crash nearly destroyed his face. While this traumatic event robbed him of his heartthrob status and turned him into a somewhat disturbing, socially alienated character, author Elisabetta Girelli argues that Clift had always combined on-screen erotic ambiguity with real-life sexual nonconformity. In \u003ci\u003eMontgomery Clift, Queer Star\u003c\/i\u003e she maps the development of Clift's subversive image over the span of his entire career, approaching Clift as a queer signifier who defied normative cultural structures. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e From the sexually ambivalent \"beautiful boy\" of his early films, to the seemingly asexual, transgressive, and often distressed man of his last years, Girelli argues that Clift shows remarkable consistency as a star: his presence always challenges established notions of virility, sexuality, and bodily \"normality.\" Girelli's groundbreaking analysis uses queer theory to assess Clift's disruptive legacy, engaging with key critical concepts such as the closet, performativity, queer shame, crip theory, and queer temporality. She balances theoretical frameworks with extensive close readings of his performances and a consideration of how Clift's personal life, and public perceptions of it, informed his overall image as a deviant star and man. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMontgomery Clift, Queer Star\u003c\/i\u003e offers a comprehensive critical assessment of Clift through classic texts of queer criticism, as well as new interventions in the field. Scholars of gender and film, performance studies, queer and sexuality studies, and masculinity studies will appreciate this compelling study.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elisabetta Girelli\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0814335144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814335147\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wayne State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/15\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.07h x 6.08w x 0.64d","brand":"Elisabetta Girelli","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43947310088447,"sku":"9780814335147","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_e6856f0c-fffb-4f4e-af37-403401d80bad.jpg?v=1681517959","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/montgomery-clift-queer-star-elisabetta-girelli-9780814335147","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}