Gender roles have been tested, challenged, and redefined everywhere during the past thirty years, but perhaps nowhere more dramatically than in film. This book is an introduction to the representations of masculinity, femininity, and places once thought to be 'in between.' The book begins with a general introduction that traces the movement of gender theory from the margins of film studies to its center. The ten essays that follow address a range of topics, including screen stars: depictions of gay, straight, queer, and transgender subjects: and the relationship between gender and genre.