Cold War Femme: Lesbianism, National Identity and Hollywood Cinema

[...]Corber points out, the "real" threat posed by the Cold War reconstruction of the lesbian was much more fundamental and ultimately destabilizing, "[fjor if the femme could pass as a 'normal' woman, then there was no necessary or causal relationship between femininity and...

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Published inFilm Criticism Vol. 37; no. 1; pp. 70 - 72
Main Author Sidore, David
Format Book Review
LanguageEnglish
Published Ann Arbor Allegheny College 01.10.2012
Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan Library)
Subjects
Careers
Cold War
Corber, Robert J
Gays & lesbians
Gender
Heterosexuality
Historical analysis
Homophobia
Motion pictures
National identity
Self concept
Sexuality
War
Hollywood California
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Summary:[...]Corber points out, the "real" threat posed by the Cold War reconstruction of the lesbian was much more fundamental and ultimately destabilizing, "[fjor if the femme could pass as a 'normal' woman, then there was no necessary or causal relationship between femininity and heterosexuality" (29). [...]the "Cold War discourse of female homosexuality unintentionally foregrounded the performity of aspects of femininity, and in the process demonstrated the lack of congruity between gender identity, sexual practice, and object choice" (29-30), a point Corber drives home in his readings of Hollywood's attempts to represent this new model of the lesbian.
ISSN:0163-5069
2471-4364