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The Queer Cinema of Derek Jarman: Critical and Cultural Readings
Niall Richardson
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Hardback. Derek Jarman has been called the 'godfather' of the early 1990s cinematic movement now known as 'Queer Cinema'. This book views Jarman's uniquely personal - and pleasurable - cinema through the analytical prism of 'queer'. Num Pages: 224 pages, 15 integrated b/w. BIC Classification: APFA; APFB; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 517.
Derek Jarman has been called the 'godfather' of the early 1990s cinematic movement now known as 'Queer Cinema'. 'Queer' rejects labels, challenges fixed ideas of gender and sexual identity and refuses the status of a tolerated minority, and queer imagery dominates Jarman's cinema. Yet there has been little attention given to this rich vein in his work.This is the first book to view Jarman's uniquely personal - and pleasurable - cinema through the analytical prism of 'queer'. Niall Richardson takes up queer theory and its debates, as well as the tension between theory and activism, to apply these issues to ... Read more
Derek Jarman has been called the 'godfather' of the early 1990s cinematic movement now known as 'Queer Cinema'. 'Queer' rejects labels, challenges fixed ideas of gender and sexual identity and refuses the status of a tolerated minority, and queer imagery dominates Jarman's cinema. Yet there has been little attention given to this rich vein in his work.This is the first book to view Jarman's uniquely personal - and pleasurable - cinema through the analytical prism of 'queer'. Niall Richardson takes up queer theory and its debates, as well as the tension between theory and activism, to apply these issues to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845115364
SKU
V9781845115364
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About Niall Richardson
Niall Richardson is Lecturer in Film at the University of Sussex. He has written for the journals 'Social Semiotics', 'Sexualities', 'Paragraph', 'Journal of Popular Culture', 'Feminist Media Studies' and 'Scope: International Journal of Film Studies'.
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