Eric Patterson: On Brokeback Mountain

Saturday, April 5, at the Dennis R. Neill Equality Center

Dr. Eric Patterson will visit Tulsa to speak about his new book, On Brokeback Mountain: Meditations about Masculinity, Fear, and Love in the Story and the Film, and take questions. Dr. Patterson discuss the political, cultural and literary contexts of the film and his journey in writing his book.

A special Center Cinema will screen Ang Lee's Academy Award-winning Brokeback Mountain the night before, on Friday, April 4, at 6:30pm.



Book summary

On Brokeback Mountain: Meditations About Masculinity, Fear, and Love in the Story and the Film provides a close, detailed, comparative discussion of the short story and the film in relation to ways of understanding masculinity and love between men in American culture. It uses analytical ideas from gay and lesbian/queer studies, American studies, social history, film history, and literary history, but avoids specialized theoretical language in order to be accessible to the many people interested in the story and the film. Original, interdisciplinary, and engaging, On Brokeback Mountain is intended to be not only useful to academic specialists but also accessible and readable for any interested, educated reader.

Reviews of the book

On Davecullen.com

On publisher Rowman and Littlefield's website

More of Dr. Patterson's writings

"My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys"

"Elegy for Heath Ledger: His Imperishable Achievement in Brokeback Mountain"

"Brokeback Mountain: A Short Story, A Film, Now an Opera?"