The Queer Biopic in the AIDS Era

The Queer Biopic in the AIDS Era offers a new account of the AIDS crisis and the...
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Author: Laura Stamm
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Language: English
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The Queer Biopic in the AIDS Era by Stamm, Laura

The Queer Biopic in the AIDS Era

$143.25

The Queer Biopic in the AIDS Era

$143.25
Author: Laura Stamm
Format: Paperback
Language: English
The Queer Biopic in the AIDS Era offers a new account of the AIDS crisis and the emergence of New Queer Cinema. Author Laura Stamm asks why queer filmmakers repeatedly produced biographical films of queer individuals living and dead throughout the years surrounding the AIDS crisis. Queer
filmmakers' engagement with the biopic evokes the genre's history of building life through the portrayal of lives worthy of admiration and emulation but it also points to another biopic history; that of representing lives damaged. By portraying lives damaged by inconceivable loss, queer filmmakers
challenge the illusion of a coherent self presumably reinforced by the biopic genre and in doing so, their films open the potential for new means of connection and relationality. The Queer Biopic in the Aids Era features fresh readings of the cinema of Derek Jarman, John Greyson, Todd Haynes,
Barbara Hammer, and Tom Kalin. By calling for a reappraisal of the queer biopic, this book also calls for a reappraisal of New Queer-Cinema's legacy and its influence of contemporary queer film.

As a whole, this book pays particular attention to the biopic's queer resonances, opening up its historical connections to projects of education, public health, and social hygiene, along with the production of a shared history and national identity.


Author: Laura Stamm
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 12/21/2021
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.72lbs
Size: 9.29h x 6.13w x 0.53d
ISBN: 9780197604045


Review Citation(s):
Choice 12/01/2022

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