{"product_id":"9780415319867","title":"Queer Cinema, The Film Reader","description":"\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\u003e\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\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\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\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\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\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\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\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\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\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46256238559473,"sku":"9780415319867","price":233.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9780415319867_p0.jpg?v=1764996296","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780415319867","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}