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French queer cinema / Nick Rees-Roberts.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rees-Roberts, Nick.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Homosexuality and motion pictures--France.
- Homosexuality and motion pictures.
- Homosexuality in motion pictures.
- Gay people in motion pictures.
- Motion pictures--France.
- Motion pictures.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (177 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- French Queer Cinema looks at queer self-representation in contemporary auteur film and experimental video in France. Whilst there is growing research on representations of queer sexualities in France, this is the first comprehensive study of the cultural formation and critical reception of contemporary queer film and video. French Queer Cinema addresses the socio-political context informing both queer DIY video and independent gay cinema, including films such as Patrice Chéreau's Ceux qui m'aiment prendront le train, Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau's Drôle de Félix, François Ozon's Le T
- Contents:
- Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Beur Masculinity and Queer Fantasy; 2. Down and Out: Immigrant Poverty and Queer Sexuality; 3. Mauvais Genres: Transgender and Gay Identity; 4. Queer Sexuality, AIDS and Loss; 5. The Emergence of Queer DIY Video; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-158) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-7486-5116-0
- 1-281-94775-X
- 9786611947750
- 0-7486-3419-3
- OCLC:
- 476208622
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