Cinematic Queerness: Gay and Lesbian Hypervisibility in Contemporary Francophone Feature Films by Cristina Johnston, Florian Grandena (Paperback, 2011)
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 Chereau's L'Homme blesse/The Wounded Man (1983) via Josiane Balasko's Gazon maudit (1995) to Jean-Marc Vallee's C.R.A.Z.Y. (2005). Works by Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau, Sebastien Lifshitz, Gael Morel, Francois Ozon and Lea Pool are also examined.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Peter Lang Ag, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
ISBN-13
9783034301831
eBay Product ID (ePID)
115981726
Product Key Features
Author
Cristina Johnston, Florian Grandena
Publication Name
Cinematic Queerness: Gay and Lesbian Hypervisibility in Contemporary Francophone Feature Films
Format
Paperback
Language
English, French
Subject
Zoology
Publication Year
2011
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
330 Pages
Dimensions
Volume
98
Item Weight
520g
Additional Product Features
Series Title
Modern French Identities
Country/Region of Manufacture
Switzerland
Editor
Florian Grandena, Cristina Johnston
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