THE DEPICTION OF HOMOSEXUALITY IN AMERICAN MOVIES
Abstract: This study focuses
on the depiction of homosexuality in American films. It is intended to identify
the images of gays depicted in American films as well as the characteristics of
American gay movies. It incorporates library research by applying an analytical
descriptive approach in analyzing the data. The symbol and reflective theory is
used to analyze 18 American movies and 14 gay films from other countries in the
early 2000s. It shows that gay films can attract audiences by describing gays
as the objects for laughs; gays revealing their sexual identities; sexual
scenes of gays; masculine gay men; and violence in gay life. They appear in
genres like drama, comedy, romance, detective, western, and horror/mystery with
two images of gay people shown in American gay movies; they are the portrait of
gays as a minority and the pessimism. However, it also shows that some American
gay films picture good gay life, happy gay couples, gay marriage, etc.
Author: Rudy
Journal Code: jpantropologigg160010
