| Cinematic Queerness: Gay and Lesbian Hypervisibility in Contemporary Francophone Feature Films Contributor(s): Collier, Peter (Editor), Grandena, Florian (Editor), Johnston, Cristina (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3034301839 ISBN-13: 9783034301831 Publisher: Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publis OUR PRICE: $74.81 Product Type: Paperback Language: French Published: April 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Film - General - Performing Arts | Theater - General - Social Science | Women's Studies |
| Dewey: 791.430 |
| LCCN: 2011008999 |
| Series: Modern French Identities |
| Physical Information: 350 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The last three decades have witnessed the proliferation of gay/lesbian-themed films both on our screens and at international film festivals. This trend - termed 'hypervisibility' by Julianne Pidduck - has gone far beyond the boundaries of countries with a multicultural tradition and now reaches many territories, including the French-speaking world. What is the narrative and thematic originality of such films in French-speaking contexts? Do such feature films develop problematics and approaches specific to areas such as metropolitan France or Francophone Canada? The sixteen essays included in this collection (six in English and ten in French) aim to answer to such questions by offering in-depth and challenging discussions of film productions from France and Quebec, ranging from Patrice Ch reau's L'Homme bless /The Wounded Man (1983) via Josiane Balasko's Gazon maudit (1995) to Jean-Marc Vall e's C.R.A.Z.Y. (2005). Works by Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau, S bastien Lifshitz, Ga l Morel, Fran ois Ozon and L a Pool are also examined. |