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Queer Images: a history of gay and lesbian film in America by
ISBN: 9780742568570Publication Date: 2006-01-01Queer Images chronicles representations of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer sexualities over one hundred years of American film. The most up-to-date and comprehensive book of its kind, it explores the ever-changing images of queer characters onscreen as well as the work of queer filmmakers and the cultural histories of queer audiences--from the works of discreetly homosexual filmmakers during Hollywood's Golden Age and classical Hollywood's attempt to purge sex perversion from films, to queer exploitation and physique films, cinematic responses to AIDS, and how contemporary Hollywood deals with queer issues. An essential volume for film buffs and anyone interested in sexuality and culture. Visit our website for sample chapter -
The Bent Lens: a world guide to gay and lesbian film by
ISBN: 1555838065Publication Date: 2003-04-01Claire Jackson is president of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival. -
Queer Masculinities in Latin American Cinema by
ISBN: 9781780763200Publication Date: 2014-01-29Gustavo Subero offers an assessment of the influence, importance and impact of a body of films from the mid 1970s to date that, he argues, constitute a Latin American Queer Cinema. Gustavo Subero addresses major issues surrounding homosexuality in different Latin American societies, starting with the notions of gender and sexuality that are paramount in the construction of queer subjects in these regions. -
New Queer Cinema by
ISBN: 9780822354116Publication Date: 2013-03-26B. Ruby Rich designated a brand new genre, the New Queer Cinema (NQC), in her groundbreaking article in the Village Voice in 1992. This movement in film and video was intensely political and aesthetically innovative, made possible by the debut of the camcorder, and driven initially by outrage over the unchecked spread of AIDS. The genre has grown to include an entire generation of queer artists, filmmakers, and activists. -
Queer Popular Culture: literature, media, film, and television by
ISBN: 140397490XPublication Date: 2007-04-15Queer Popular Culture is an exciting new collection that brings together work from several disciplines that address queer representation in multiple contexts. The articles cover many aspects of contemporary U.S. and international queer culture, including the rise of the queer cowboy, the emergence of lesbian chic, and the expansion of representations of blackness, and work on queer, Taiwanese, online communities.
Tomboy
Alex, a 9-year-old girl, fights bullying and gender stereotypes. Based on a book by Karleen Pendleton Jiménez, Barb Taylor directed and produced this film, working closely with Karleen. The film won Best Animation at Orlando Hispanic Film Festival, Best Web Animation at Savannah Animation Festival, and CBC Canadian Reflections Award, among others.
