Queer Cinema, The Film Reader - 9780415319867

Taylor & Francis

Queer Cinema, The Film ReaderAuthor(s): Harry Benshoff, Sean Griffin\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780415319867, 978-0415319867\nSynopsis\nQueer Cinema, The Film Reader examines the relationship between cinematic representations of sexuality and their social, historical, and industrial contexts. \n\nClearly 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:\n\nAuthorship - 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\nForms - exploring how genres such as the horror film, the musical, film noir, and the animated film construct queer cinematic spaces\nCamp - looking at how this reception strategy and mode of textual production, initially practised by pre-Stonewall.