The Crying Game (motion picture):
A Selective Bibliography of Materials in the UC Berkeley Library





Ayers, M. Kathryn.
"The Only Good Woman, Isn't A Woman At All: 'The Crying Game' and the Politics of Misogyny. Women's Studies International Forum v20, n2 (March-April, 1997):329 (7 pages).

Boozer, Jack, Jr.
"Bending Phallic Patriarchy in The Crying Game." Journal of Popular Film and Television XXII/4, Winter 95; p.172-179.
Identifies a central issue of Neil Jordan's characters - whether they can locate mutual interests beyond the learned political, gender, and racial roles that narrowly define their nature. Jordan links issues of sexual intimacy and identification with those of knowledge and power.

Canby, Vincent.
"The Crying Game." (movie reviews) New York Times v142 (Sat, Sept 26, 1992):13(N), 12(L), col 1, 12 col in.

Chumo, Peter N., II.
" 'The Crying Game,' Hitchcockian Romance, and the Quest for Identity." Literature-Film Quarterly v23, n4 (Oct, 1995):247 (7 pages).
Finds parallels with the blurring of identity, esp. sexual, in "The crying game" with the work of Hitchcock, notably "Vertigo".

DuttaAhmed, Shantanu.
"I Thought You Knew!": Performing the Penis, the Phallus, and Otherness in Neil Jordan's The Crying Game. Film Criticism v23, n1 (Fall, 1998):61.

Edge, Sarah.
"'Women Are Trouble, Did You Know That Fergus?': Neil Jordan's 'The Crying Game'." (The Irish Issue: The British Question) Feminist Review, n50 (Summer, 1995):173 (14 pages).
Frann, M. and Lugowski, D.
"Racial and Sexual Politics in The Crying Game / Genre Conventions and Visual Style in The Crying Game." (Articles). Cineaste XX/1, 93; p.30-35.
Two attempts to address the extent by which "The crying game" presents any challenge to its audience on the grounds of race, sex and gender.

Gilbert, Lori.
"The Crying Game." (movie reviews) off our backs v24, n1 (Jan, 1994):18 (3 pages).

Giles, Jeff.
"'The Crying Game' Star Jaye Davidson Breaks the Silence." Rolling Stone, n653 (April 1, 1993):36 (5 pages).

Handler, Kristin.
"Sexing 'The Crying Game': Difference, Identity, Ethics." Film Quarterly v47, n3 (Spring, 1994):31 (12 pages).
Questions the appeal to a mainstream audience of "The Crying Game"; explores its messages regarding race, gender and homosexuality/homophobia.

Hennessy, Rosemary.
"Ambivalence As Alibi: On the Historical Materiality of Late Capitalist Myth in 'The Crying Game' and Cultural Theory." Genders, n24 (Fall, 1996):1 (34 pages).

Lugowski, David.
"Genre Conventions and Visual Style in The Crying Game." Cineaste v20, n1 (Wntr, 1993):31 (3 pages).

Lyons, Donald.
"The Crying Game." (movie reviews) Film Comment v28, n6 (Nov-Dec, 1992):67.

Maslin, Janet.
"A Star to Match a Mystery Role." (profile of Jaye Davidson, lead actress in film 'The Crying Game') (Living Arts Pages) New York Times v142 (Thu, Dec 17, 1992):B1(N), C1(L), col 3, 29 col in.

Michel, Frann.
"Racial and Sexual Politics in The Crying Game." Cineaste v20, n1 (Wntr, 1993):30 (3 pages).

Nesbit, Molly.
"Apart Without a Face: 'Orlando' and 'The Crying Game.' "(analysis of two films) Artforum v31, n10 (Summer, 1993):92 (4 pages).

Payne, Robert M. and Kotsopoulos, A. and Mills, J.
"Crossed Lines: Gender, Genre and 'Postfeminism'." Jump Cut /39, June 94; p.7-24.
Considers the social resonance of "The crying game" and its treatment of women, transvestism, homosexuality and blacks, and as film noir.

Place, V.
"The Politics of Denial." Film Comment XXIX/3, May-June 93; p.84-86.
On the denial of sexual, racial and political difference in "The Crying Game" and "The Bodyguard".

Rafferty, Terrence.
"The Crying Game." (movie reviews) New Yorker v68, n39 (Nov 16, 1992):127 (4 pages).

Romney, Jonathan.
"The Crying Game." (movie reviews) Sight and Sound v2, n7 (Nov, 1992):40.

Story, Richard David.
"The Cult of 'The Crying Game.' " New York v26, n4 (Jan 25, 1993):36 (4 pages).

Welsh, James M.
"The Crying Game." (movie reviews) Films in Review v44, n5-6 (May-June, 1993):188 (2 pages).

Zilliax, Amy
"From Courtly Love to 'The Crying Game.'" (Neil Jordan's film 'The Crying Game') New Left Review, n202 (Nov-Dec, 1993):95 (13 pages).

Zizek, Slavoj.
"The Scorpion and the Frog: Agency and Identity in Neil Jordan's The Crying game." Camera Obscura /35, May 95; p.24-51.
A consideration of how the film treats notions of identity: of race, gender, sexuality, nationality.


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