{"product_id":"queer-cinema-the-film-reader-paperback","title":"Queer Cinema, the Film Reader - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHarry Benshoff\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eSean Griffin\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eQueer Cinema, The Film Reader \u003c\/em\u003eexamines the relationship between cinematic representations of sexuality and their social, historical, and industrial contexts. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClearly 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: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eAuthorship - 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\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eForms - exploring how genres such as the horror film, the musical, film \u003cem\u003enoir\u003c\/em\u003e, and the animated film construct queer cinematic spaces\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCamp - 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\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eReception - considering three specific historical case-studies of how queer fans have interacted with media texts from Judy Garland to \u003cem\u003eStar Trek\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHarry 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)\u003cbr\u003eDr. 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).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.51 x 9.18 x 6.46 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 17, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47343293333753,"sku":"9780415319874","price":106.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/OExoV2pZM0EwYVo1ajhIU3NJa0g4dz09.webp?v=1769719143","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/queer-cinema-the-film-reader-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}