Queer Nostalgia in Cinema and Pop Culture
Gilad Padva
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Description for Queer Nostalgia in Cinema and Pop Culture
Hardcover. Queer Nostalgia in Cinema and Pop Culture is a fascinating study of queer nostalgia in films, animation and music videos as means of empowerment, re-evaluating and recreating lost gay youth, coming to terms with one's sexual otherness and homoerotic desires, and creatively challenging homophobia, chauvinism, ageism and racism. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; JFCA; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434.
Queer Nostalgia in Cinema and Pop Culture is a fascinating study of queer nostalgia in films, animation and music videos as means of empowerment, re-evaluating and recreating lost gay youth, coming to terms with one's sexual otherness and homoerotic desires, and creatively challenging homophobia, chauvinism, ageism and racism.
Queer Nostalgia in Cinema and Pop Culture is a fascinating study of queer nostalgia in films, animation and music videos as means of empowerment, re-evaluating and recreating lost gay youth, coming to terms with one's sexual otherness and homoerotic desires, and creatively challenging homophobia, chauvinism, ageism and racism.
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
434g
Number of Pages
254
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137266330
SKU
V9781137266330
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Ref
99-15
About Gilad Padva
Gilad Padva is a film and media scholar who focuses on New Queer Cinema, popular culture, visual communications and men's studies. He is the co-editor of the international collection Sensational Pleasures in Cinema, Literature and Visual Culture: The Phallic Eye (2014), and he publishes extensively in international academic journals, international collections, and international encyclopedias. He currently works for the Communication ... Read more
Reviews for Queer Nostalgia in Cinema and Pop Culture
This is an original, timely, and important intervention in the field of Queer Studies, providing a very convincing argument for the essentially queer nature of nostalgia, nostalgic practices, and nostalgia-inspired cultural production. It is a welcome addition to the body of literature on and around these issues. - Elisabetta Girelli, University of St Andrews, UK ... Read more