William R. Handley is an associate professor of English at the University of Southern California. He is the author of Marriage, Violence, and Nation in the American Literary West and the coeditor, with Nathaniel Lewis, of True West: Authenticity and the American West, available in a Bison Books edition. Contributors: Martin Aguilera, Calvin Bedient, Colin Carman, Alan Dale, Jon Davies, Chris Freeman, Judith Halberstam, William R. Handley, Gregory Hinton, Andrew Holleran, Alex Hunt, David Leavitt, Mun-Hou Lo, Susan McCabe, Daniel Mendelsohn, James Morrison, Vanessa Osborne, Annie Proulx, James Schamus, Michael Silverblatt, Adam Sonstegard, Noah Tsika, Kenneth Turan, Patricia Nell Warren, and David Weiss.

"For the Brokeback enthusiast, the book offers much to savor, as the pieces are uniformly passionate and chockfull of contextualizing information and analysis."-Kirkus Reviews "This volume will serve as a primary research tool for not those interested in the film or its broader context."—G. R. Butters Jr., Choice "The fact that the Brokeback Book evoked so many questions about same-sex representations on-screen and their effects on viewers demonstrates the worth of this volume, whose essays offer considerable merits. The debates are clearly destined to continue for some time to come."—Matthew Hays, Gay & Lesbian Review

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Pasts and Futures of a Story and a FilmWilliam R. HandleyPart 1. Gay or Universal Story? Initial Debates and Cultural Contexts1. Men in Love: Is Brokeback Mountain a Gay Film?David Leavitt2. An Affair to RememberDaniel Mendelsohn3. Response to "An Affair to Remember"James Schamus4. The Magic MountainAndrew Holleran5. Backs Unbroken: Ang Lee, Forbearance, and the ClosetMun-Hou LoPart 2. Miles to Go and Promises to Keep: Homophobic Culture and Gay Civil Rights6. Back to the Ranch Ag'in: Brokeback Mountain and Gay Civil RightsJames Morrison7. Breaking No Ground: Why Crash Won, Why Brokeback Lost, and How the Academy Chose to Play It SafeKenneth Turan8. "Jack, I Swear": Some Promises to Gay Culture from Mainstream HollywoodChris Freeman9. "Better Two Than One": The Shirts from Brokeback MountainGregory Hinton10. American Eden: Nature, Homophobic Violence, and the Social ImaginaryColin Carman11. West of the Closet, Fear on the RangeAlex HuntPart 3. Adapting "Brokeback Mountain," Queering the Western12. Interview between Michael Silverblatt and Annie Proulx13. In the Shadow of the Tire IronAlan Dale14. Adapting Annie Proulx's Story to the Mainstream MultiplexAdam Sonstegard15. Not So Lonesome Cowboys: The Queer WesternJudith HalberstamPart 4. Public Responses and Cultural Appropriations16. "One Dies, the Other Doesn't": Brokeback and the BlogosphereNoah Tsika17. Making Sense of the Brokeback ParaphenomenonDavid Weiss18. Alberta, Authenticity, and Queer ErasureJon DaviesPart 5. Scenes of Work and Experience in the Rural West19. Real Gay Cowboys and Brokeback MountainPatricia Nell Warren20. Marx on the Mountain: Pleasure and the Laboring BodyVanessa Osborne21. Personal BordersMartin AguileraPart 6. Sympathy, Melodrama, and Passion22. Mother Twist: Brokeback Mountain and Male MelodramaSusan McCabe23. Passion and Sympathy in Brokeback MountainCalvin BedientSelected Brokeback BibliographyWorks CitedContributors

William R. Handley is an associate professor of English at the University of Southern California. He is the author of Marriage, Violence, and Nation in the American Literary West and the coeditor, with Nathaniel Lewis, of True West: Authenticity and the American West, available in a Bison Books edition. Contributors: Martin Aguilera, Calvin Bedient, Colin Carman, Alan Dale, Jon Davies, Chris Freeman, Judith Halberstam, William R. Handley, Gregory Hinton, Andrew Holleran, Alex Hunt, David Leavitt, Mun-Hou Lo, Susan McCabe, Daniel Mendelsohn, James Morrison, Vanessa Osborne, Annie Proulx, James Schamus, Michael Silverblatt, Adam Sonstegard, Noah Tsika, Kenneth Turan, Patricia Nell Warren, and David Weiss.

"For the Brokeback enthusiast, the book offers much to savor, as the pieces are uniformly passionate and chockfull of contextualizing information and analysis."-Kirkus Reviews "This volume will serve as a primary research tool for not those interested in the film or its broader context."—G. R. Butters Jr., Choice "The fact that the Brokeback Book evoked so many questions about same-sex representations on-screen and their effects on viewers demonstrates the worth of this volume, whose essays offer considerable merits. The debates are clearly destined to continue for some time to come."—Matthew Hays, Gay & Lesbian Review

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Pasts and Futures of a Story and a FilmWilliam R. HandleyPart 1. Gay or Universal Story? Initial Debates and Cultural Contexts1. Men in Love: Is Brokeback Mountain a Gay Film?David Leavitt2. An Affair to RememberDaniel Mendelsohn3. Response to "An Affair to Remember"James Schamus4. The Magic MountainAndrew Holleran5. Backs Unbroken: Ang Lee, Forbearance, and the ClosetMun-Hou LoPart 2. Miles to Go and Promises to Keep: Homophobic Culture and Gay Civil Rights6. Back to the Ranch Ag'in: Brokeback Mountain and Gay Civil RightsJames Morrison7. Breaking No Ground: Why Crash Won, Why Brokeback Lost, and How the Academy Chose to Play It SafeKenneth Turan8. "Jack, I Swear": Some Promises to Gay Culture from Mainstream HollywoodChris Freeman9. "Better Two Than One": The Shirts from Brokeback MountainGregory Hinton10. American Eden: Nature, Homophobic Violence, and the Social ImaginaryColin Carman11. West of the Closet, Fear on the RangeAlex HuntPart 3. Adapting "Brokeback Mountain," Queering the Western12. Interview between Michael Silverblatt and Annie Proulx13. In the Shadow of the Tire IronAlan Dale14. Adapting Annie Proulx's Story to the Mainstream MultiplexAdam Sonstegard15. Not So Lonesome Cowboys: The Queer WesternJudith HalberstamPart 4. Public Responses and Cultural Appropriations16. "One Dies, the Other Doesn't": Brokeback and the BlogosphereNoah Tsika17. Making Sense of the Brokeback ParaphenomenonDavid Weiss18. Alberta, Authenticity, and Queer ErasureJon DaviesPart 5. Scenes of Work and Experience in the Rural West19. Real Gay Cowboys and Brokeback MountainPatricia Nell Warren20. Marx on the Mountain: Pleasure and the Laboring BodyVanessa Osborne21. Personal BordersMartin AguileraPart 6. Sympathy, Melodrama, and Passion22. Mother Twist: Brokeback Mountain and Male MelodramaSusan McCabe23. Passion and Sympathy in Brokeback MountainCalvin BedientSelected Brokeback BibliographyWorks CitedContributors

William R. Handley is an associate professor of English at the University of Southern California. He is the author of Marriage, Violence, and Nation in the American Literary West and the coeditor, with Nathaniel Lewis, of True West: Authenticity and the American West, available in a Bison Books edition. Contributors: Martin Aguilera, Calvin Bedient, Colin Carman, Alan Dale, Jon Davies, Chris Freeman, Judith Halberstam, William R. Handley, Gregory Hinton, Andrew Holleran, Alex Hunt, David Leavitt, Mun-Hou Lo, Susan McCabe, Daniel Mendelsohn, James Morrison, Vanessa Osborne, Annie Proulx, James Schamus, Michael Silverblatt, Adam Sonstegard, Noah Tsika, Kenneth Turan, Patricia Nell Warren, and David Weiss.

"For the Brokeback enthusiast, the book offers much to savor, as the pieces are uniformly passionate and chockfull of contextualizing information and analysis."-Kirkus Reviews "This volume will serve as a primary research tool for not those interested in the film or its broader context."—G. R. Butters Jr., Choice "The fact that the Brokeback Book evoked so many questions about same-sex representations on-screen and their effects on viewers demonstrates the worth of this volume, whose essays offer considerable merits. The debates are clearly destined to continue for some time to come."—Matthew Hays, Gay & Lesbian Review

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Pasts and Futures of a Story and a FilmWilliam R. HandleyPart 1. Gay or Universal Story? Initial Debates and Cultural Contexts1. Men in Love: Is Brokeback Mountain a Gay Film?David Leavitt2. An Affair to RememberDaniel Mendelsohn3. Response to "An Affair to Remember"James Schamus4. The Magic MountainAndrew Holleran5. Backs Unbroken: Ang Lee, Forbearance, and the ClosetMun-Hou LoPart 2. Miles to Go and Promises to Keep: Homophobic Culture and Gay Civil Rights6. Back to the Ranch Ag'in: Brokeback Mountain and Gay Civil RightsJames Morrison7. Breaking No Ground: Why Crash Won, Why Brokeback Lost, and How the Academy Chose to Play It SafeKenneth Turan8. "Jack, I Swear": Some Promises to Gay Culture from Mainstream HollywoodChris Freeman9. "Better Two Than One": The Shirts from Brokeback MountainGregory Hinton10. American Eden: Nature, Homophobic Violence, and the Social ImaginaryColin Carman11. West of the Closet, Fear on the RangeAlex HuntPart 3. Adapting "Brokeback Mountain," Queering the Western12. Interview between Michael Silverblatt and Annie Proulx13. In the Shadow of the Tire IronAlan Dale14. Adapting Annie Proulx's Story to the Mainstream MultiplexAdam Sonstegard15. Not So Lonesome Cowboys: The Queer WesternJudith HalberstamPart 4. Public Responses and Cultural Appropriations16. "One Dies, the Other Doesn't": Brokeback and the BlogosphereNoah Tsika17. Making Sense of the Brokeback ParaphenomenonDavid Weiss18. Alberta, Authenticity, and Queer ErasureJon DaviesPart 5. Scenes of Work and Experience in the Rural West19. Real Gay Cowboys and Brokeback MountainPatricia Nell Warren20. Marx on the Mountain: Pleasure and the Laboring BodyVanessa Osborne21. Personal BordersMartin AguileraPart 6. Sympathy, Melodrama, and Passion22. Mother Twist: Brokeback Mountain and Male MelodramaSusan McCabe23. Passion and Sympathy in Brokeback MountainCalvin BedientSelected Brokeback BibliographyWorks CitedContributors