000437157 000__ 03900cam\a2200481\a\4500 000437157 001__ 437157 000437157 005__ 20210513152614.0 000437157 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 000437157 007__ cr\cn\nnnunnun 000437157 008__ 120514s2011\\\\wiua\\\\ob\\\\001\0beng\d 000437157 010__ $$z 2010044627 000437157 019__ $$a751698049$$a927483597$$a961514263$$a962580953$$a966208795$$a988480490$$a992102035 000437157 020__ $$a9780299282332$$q(electronic book) 000437157 020__ $$z9780299282349 000437157 020__ $$z0299282309 000437157 020__ $$z9780299282301 000437157 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn757736367 000437157 035__ $$a(CaPaEBR)ebr10496975 000437157 035__ $$a(MiAaPQ)EBC3445168 000437157 035__ $$a437157 000437157 040__ $$aCaPaEBR$$cCaPaEBR 000437157 043__ $$an-us---$$an-us-ny 000437157 05014 $$aPN1998.3.R885$$bS35 2011eb 000437157 08204 $$a791.43092$$aB$$222 000437157 1001_ $$aSchiavi, Michael R. 000437157 24510 $$aCelluloid activist$$h[electronic resource] :$$bthe life and times of Vito Russo /$$cMichael Schiavi. 000437157 260__ $$aMadison, Wis. :$$bUniversity of Wisconsin Press,$$cc2011. 000437157 300__ $$a1 online resource (xiii, 361 p.) :$$bill. 000437157 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 000437157 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 000437157 520__ $$aCelluloid Activist is the biography of gay-rights giant Vito Russo, the man who wrote The Celluloid Closet: Homosexuality in the Movies, commonly regarded as the foundational text of gay and lesbian film studies and one of the first to be widely read. But Russo was much more than a pioneering journalist and author. A founding member of the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) and cofounder of the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP), Russo lived at the center of the most important gay cultural turning points in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. His life as a cultural Zelig intersects a crucial period of social change, and in some ways his story becomes the story of a developing gay revolution in America. A frequent participant at "zaps" and an organizer of Gay Activists Alliance (GAA) cabarets and dances-which gave the New York gay and lesbian community its first social alternative to Mafia-owned bars-Russo made his most enduring contribution to the GAA with his marshaling of "Movie Nights," the forerunners to his worldwide Celluloid Closet lecture tours that gave gay audiences their first community forum for the dissection of gay imagery in mainstream film. Biographer Michael Schiavi unravels Vito Russo's fascinating life story, from his childhood in East Harlem to his own heartbreaking experiences with HIV/AIDS. Drawing on archival materials, unpublished letters and journals, and more than two hundred interviews, including conversations with a range of Russo's friends and family from brother Charlie Russo to comedian Lily Tomlin to pioneering activist and playwright Larry Kramer, Celluloid Activist provides an unprecedented portrait of a man who defined gay-rights and AIDS activism. 000437157 588__ $$aDesciption based on print version record. 000437157 60010 $$aRusso, Vito. 000437157 61020 $$aGay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (New York, N.Y.)$$xHistory$$y20th century. 000437157 61020 $$aACT UP New York (Organization)$$xHistory$$y20th century. 000437157 650_0 $$aFilm historians$$zUnited States$$vBiography. 000437157 650_0 $$aGay activists$$zUnited States$$vBiography. 000437157 650_0 $$aHomosexuality in motion pictures$$xHistory$$y20th century. 000437157 77608 $$iPrint version:$$aSchiavi, Michael R.$$tCelluloid activist.$$dMadison : University of Wisconsin Press, 2011$$z9780299282349$$w(DLC) 2010044627$$w(OCoLC)671573422 000437157 8520_ $$bacq 000437157 85280 $$bebk$$hProQuest Ebook Central 000437157 85280 $$bebk$$hProQuest Ebook Central Academic Complete 000437157 85640 $$3ProQuest Ebook Central$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/usiricelib-ebooks/detail.action?docID=3445168$$zOnline Access 000437157 85640 $$3ProQuest Ebook Central Academic Complete$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/usiricelib-ebooks/detail.action?docID=3445168$$zOnline Access 000437157 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:437157$$pGLOBAL_SET 000437157 980__ $$aEBOOK$$aEBOOK 000437157 980__ $$aBIB 000437157 982__ $$aEbook 000437157 983__ $$aOnline