Collection ID: X20342386
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Summary

Creator:
Doty, Alexander
Abstract:
Alexander Doty was a scholar of film studies who focused on queer and feminist film theory. He authored two books, Making Things Perfectly Queer: Interpreting Mass Culture and Flaming Classics: Queering the Film Canon. The collection includes Doty's photos, scrapbooks, correspondence, post cards, memorabilia, and his teaching and professional activities materials.
Extent:
21 Boxes and 1 Box
Language:
English .

Background

Biographical / Historical:

Alexander Doty was born in Waltham, Massachusetts in 1954. He was raised in El Paso, Texas and received his Bachelor of Arts at the University of Texas at El Paso in 1976. Doty received his A.M. and Ph.D. in English and Film Studies from the University of Illinois-Urbana in 1984. His Ph.D. thesis was about Alfred Hitchcock, and his academic work and teaching continued to focus on Hitchcock. Doty went on to teach at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. At Lehigh University Doty served as the Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and Chair of the English Department. Doty went on to focus on queer cinema and media studies. He authored two books, Making Things Perfectly Queer: Interpreting Mass Culture (1993), and Flaming Classics: Queering the Film Canon (2000). He also co-edited a book with friend and colleague Corey Creekmur, Out in Culture: Gay, Lesbian, and Queer Essays on Popular Culture (1995). In 2008 Doty became a professor of Gender Studies and Communication and Culture at Indiana University Bloomington. He served as the chair of the Department of Communication and Culture. He also served as a member of the Kinsey Institute's Board of Trustees. In August of 2012 Doty died after being struck by a motorcycle in Bermuda. He died on August 5, 2012.

Scope and Content:

The collection consists of materials from Doty's personal and professional life and is made up of seven series. The collection includes his photos, scrapbooks, correspondence, post cards, memorabilia, and his teaching and professional activities materials.

Processing information:

Processed by Katie Webber, December 2023.

Arrangement:

Series I: Photos Series II: Scrapbooks Series III: Correspondence Series IV: Post Cards Series V: Memorabilia Series VI: Teaching Materials Series VII: Professional Activities

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Physical facet:
21"x17"x3"
Dimensions:

6x13x10 inches

21x17x3 inches

Bibliography:

Books: Doty, Alexander. Making Things Perfectly Queer: Interpreting Mass Culture. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1993. Doty, Alexander., and Corey K Creekmur. Out In Culture: Gay, Lesbian, and Queer Essays On Popular Culture. Durham: Duke University Press, 1995. Doty, Alexander. Flaming Classics: Queering the Film Canon. New York: Routledge, 2000. Doty, Alexander, and Patricia Clare Ingham. The Witch and the Hysteric: The Monstrous Medieval in Benjamin Christensen's Häxan. Punctum Books, 2014. Book Chapters: Doty, Alexander. "The Sissy Boy, the Fat Ladies, and the Dykes: Queerness and/as Gender in Pee-wee's World." Male Trouble 3 (1993): 183-201. Doty, Alexander, and Patricia Claire Ingham. "The 'Evil Medieval: Gender, Sexuality, Miscegenation, and Assimilation in Cat People." Bad: Infamy, Darkness, Evil, and Slime on Screen (2004). Doty, Alexander. "Queer Hitchcock." A Companion to Alfred Hitchcock (2011): 473-489. Doty, Alexander. "The homosexual and the single girl." Mad Men, Mad World: Sex, Politics, Style and the 1960s (2013): 279-299. Doty, Alexander. "Queerness, Comedy and The Women." In Classical Hollywood Comedy, pp. 332-347. Routledge, 2013.

Dissertation: Doty, Alexander Michael. 1984. "Alfred Hitchcock's films of the 1940s: the emergence of personal style and theme within the American studio system." Order No. 8422054, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Access

RESTRICTIONS:

Access on-site by appointment only. Access restrictions may apply. Contact The Kinsey Institute, libknsy@indiana.edu, for further information.

TERMS OF ACCESS:

All users must sign a confidentiality agreement before accessing the materials. Please consult the Kinsey Institute photocopying policy.

CAMPUS:
Indiana University Bloomington
LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
The Library and Special Collections
1165 East Third Street
Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
CAMPUS:
Indiana University Bloomington
CONTACT:
812-855-7686
libknsy@iu.edu