Elyce Rae Helford, Ph.D.

Professor of English

Affiliate Faculty in Women's Studies

Middle Tennessee State University

 

 

 

Office: Peck Hall 361

Office Phone: 615/898-5961

Email: ehelford@mtsu.edu

 

 

Teaching and Research Areas:

Courses: 

Why I Teach: A Brief Statement

 

Curriculum Vitae

 

Current Research Project:

Gender in the Films of George Cukor: I am currently writing a book on the films of Hollywood's only "out" gay studio director, with emphasis on gender performance.  The book addresses representations of masculinity and femininity, sexuality and desire, heteronormativity and queerness.  Chapter themes include sexual politics and the alcoholic male, bisexuality and the romantic comedy genre, images in "blackface" and marking racial difference, female-to-male drag and the limits of gender performance, and excess and the Hollywood musical.

 

 

 

 

Most recent update: October 2008