Hiding homoeroticism in plain view:: The Fight Club DVD as digital closet

被引：43

作者：

Brookey, RA ^{[1
]}

Westerfelhaus, R

机构：

[1] Arizona State Univ, Hugh Downs Sch Human, Tempe, AZ 85287 USA

[2] Univ Houston, Dept Arts & Humanities, Houston, TX 77004 USA

来源：

CRITICAL STUDIES IN MEDIA COMMUNICATION | 2002年 / 19卷 / 01期

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D O I：

10.1080/07393180216555

中图分类号：

G2 [信息与知识传播];

学科分类号：

05 ; 0503 ;

摘要：

The DVD format has emerged as the dominant digital means of repackaging films for home consumption. In this essay, we theorize this new viewing experience and identify some of the challenges it poses for the media critic. We argue that the additional material DVDs typically offer, coupled with the format's interactivity, constitute a rhetorically powerful means of directing the consumer's viewing experience and protecting the commercial viability of the product. To illustrate, we offer a critical analysis of the D VD release of the controversial film Fight Club. Our analysis suggests that Fight Club's D VD "extra text" dissuades the viewer from acknowledging the film's homoerotic elements as representing homosexual experience..

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