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Queer cinema, the film reader / edited by Harry M. Benshoff and Sean Griffin.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: In focus--Routledge film readersPublication details: New York ; London : Routledge, 2004.Description: viii, 242 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0415319862 (cased)
  • 9780415319867
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 791.43 BEN
Contents:
Pt. 1. Auteurs -- 1. Whose text is it anyway? : queer cultures, queer auteurs and queer authorship / Alexander Doty -- 2. Physique cinema, 1945-1969 : hard to imagine / Thomas Waugh -- 3. Transgressive cinema : lesbian independent film / Andrea Wiess -- 4. The new queer cinema / B. Ruby Rich -- Pt. 2. Forms -- 5. The monster and the homosexual / Harry Benshoff -- 6. Queer negotiations of the Hollywood musical / Brett Farmer -- 7. Queer noir / Richard Dyer -- 8. Pronoun trouble : the queerness of animation / Sean Griffin -- Pt. 3. Camp -- 9. Camp and the gay sensibility / Jack Babuscio -- 10. Reclaiming the discourse of camp / Moe Meyer -- Pt. 4. Reception -- 11. Judy Garland and gay men / Richard Dyer -- 12. Finding community in the early 1960s : underground cinema and sexual politics / Janet Staiger -- 13. Out of the closet and into the universe : queers and Star Trek / Henry Jenkins -- 14. Reviewing queer viewing / Caroline Evans and Lorraine Gamman.
Summary: Queer Cinema, the Film Reader brings together key writings that use queer theory to explore cinematic sexualities, especially those historically designated as gay, lesbian, bisexual and/or transgendered. The collection examines the relationship between cinematic representations of sexuality and their social, historical and industrial contexts.--BOOK JACKET.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Queer Cinema, The Film Reader examines the relationship between cinematic representations of sexuality and their social, historical, and industrial contexts.

Clearly divided into an introductory overview and four topic areas, the Reader explores how recent critical thinking has approached queer sexualities in relation to the cinema. The four sections discuss:

Authorship - examining the role of sexuality in the work of queer filmmakers such as George Cukor, Dorothy Arzner, Barbara Hammer, and the directors of New Queer Cinema Forms - exploring how genres such as the horror film, the musical, film noir, and the animated film construct queer cinematic spaces Camp - looking at how this reception strategy and mode of textual production, initially practised by pre-Stonewall queers, retains its critical charge even in contemporary mainstream popular culture Reception - considering three specific historical case-studies of how queer fans have interacted with media texts from Judy Garland to Star Trek.

The Reader concludes with an essay that queerly rethinks classical gaze theory and allows students and scholars of the subject to draw their own conclusions in their studies.

Formerly CIP. Uk

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pt. 1. Auteurs -- 1. Whose text is it anyway? : queer cultures, queer auteurs and queer authorship / Alexander Doty -- 2. Physique cinema, 1945-1969 : hard to imagine / Thomas Waugh -- 3. Transgressive cinema : lesbian independent film / Andrea Wiess -- 4. The new queer cinema / B. Ruby Rich -- Pt. 2. Forms -- 5. The monster and the homosexual / Harry Benshoff -- 6. Queer negotiations of the Hollywood musical / Brett Farmer -- 7. Queer noir / Richard Dyer -- 8. Pronoun trouble : the queerness of animation / Sean Griffin -- Pt. 3. Camp -- 9. Camp and the gay sensibility / Jack Babuscio -- 10. Reclaiming the discourse of camp / Moe Meyer -- Pt. 4. Reception -- 11. Judy Garland and gay men / Richard Dyer -- 12. Finding community in the early 1960s : underground cinema and sexual politics / Janet Staiger -- 13. Out of the closet and into the universe : queers and Star Trek / Henry Jenkins -- 14. Reviewing queer viewing / Caroline Evans and Lorraine Gamman.

Queer Cinema, the Film Reader brings together key writings that use queer theory to explore cinematic sexualities, especially those historically designated as gay, lesbian, bisexual and/or transgendered. The collection examines the relationship between cinematic representations of sexuality and their social, historical and industrial contexts.--BOOK JACKET.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Part 1 Auters
  • 1 Whose Text is it Anyway? Queer Cultures, Queer Auters, and Queer Authorship
  • 2 Physique Cinema, 1945-1969: Hard to Imagine
  • 3 Transgressive Cinema: Lesbian Independent Film
  • 4 The New Queer Cinema
  • Part 2 Forms
  • 5 The Monster and the Homosexual
  • 6 Queer Negotiations of the Hollywood Musical
  • 7 Queer Noir
  • Part 3 Camp
  • 8 Camp and the Gay Sensibility
  • 9 Reclaiming the Discourse of Camp
  • Part 4 Reception
  • 10 Judy Garland and Gay Men
  • 11 Finding Community in the Early 1960s: Underground Cinema and Sexual Politics
  • 12 'Out of the Closet and into the Universe': Queers and Star Trek
  • 13 Reviewing Queer Viewing

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Harry M. Benshoff is an Assistant Professor in Radio, Television and Film at the University of North Texas. He is the author of Monsters in the Closet: Homosexuality and the Horror Film (Manchester University Press, 1997) and co-author (with Sean Griffin) of America on Film: Representing Race, Class, Gender and Sexuality at the Movies (Blackwell Publishers, forthcoming, 2004)
Dr. Sean Griffin is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Cinema-Television at Southern Methodist University. He is the author of Tinker Belles and Evil Queens: The Walt Disney Company from the Inside Out (NYU Press, 2000), and co-author (with Harry M. Benshoff) of America on Film: Representing Race, Class, Gender and Sexuality at the Movies (Blackwell Publishers, forthcoming, 2004).

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