Intersecting Film, Music, and Queerness

Jack Curtis Dubowsky is a composer, author, music editor, educator, and filmmaker. Major musical works include Harvey Milk: A Cantata and an oratory with orchestra, Eisenhower Farewell Address. Dubowsky is a fellow of the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts.

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction PART I: Mad About The Boy: Male Homosexuality and Music in Film1. Louisiana Story, Homoeroticism, and Americana2. Musical Cachet in The Living End and the New Queer Cinema3. Brokeback Mountain MusicPART II: Fighting the Patriarchy: Dykes, Misogyny, and Gender Fear4. A Tale of Two Walters: Genre and Gender Outsiders5. Mainstreaming and RebellingPART III: Queering of Genre6. Queer Monster Good: Frankenstein and Edward Scissorhands7. Blazing Saddles: Music and Meaning in 'The French Mistake'8. ConclusionIndex

“I recommend Dubowsky’s text as a useful starting place for someone who wishes to investigate queer film studies or film music, or who is establishing a bibliography towards these fields. The book would find frequent use in an institutional library.” (C.J. Komp, Society for American Music, american-music.org, 2018)