{"product_id":"british-queer-cinema-british-popular-cinema-9780415307789","title":"British Queer Cinema British Popular Cinema","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBritish Queer Cinema \u003c\/em\u003edraws together a diverse range of innovative new essays that explore, for the first time, the provocative history of lesbian, gay and queer representation in British cinema.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the early years of âPre-Gayâ film, through to the social upheaval of post-war âpermissivenessâ, Gay Liberation and the âpost-AIDSâ queer generation, contributors examine the shifting and complex nature of queer identity, desire and spectatorship across a number of classical and contemporary British popular film genres and traditions. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough case studies of key works such as \u003cem\u003eThe Killing of Sister George, Prick Up Your Ears \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e Beautiful Thing\u003c\/em\u003e, a reappraisal of the films of Anthony Asquith, Terence Davies and Derek Jarman, to the âqueernessâ of the heritage film, the homoerotic âNew Waveâ, or the star performances of Dirk Bogarde, Beryl Reid and Stephen Fry, this timely collection maps the relationship between contemporary queer sexuality and its socio-historical, national and critical contexts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'an excellent overview'\u003cem\u003e - Journal of British Cinema and Television\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"it opens up numerous areas worth further inquiry...\" --\u003cem\u003eThe Gay and Lesbian Review\/Worldwide\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'an excellent overview'\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e - Journal of British Cinema and Television\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations Notes on Contributors Acknowledgements Introduction: Queer Britannia – A Century of Sinema ROBIN GRIFFITHS \u003cstrong\u003e1 In Search of Nebulous Nancies: Looking for British Cinema’s Pre-Gay\u003c\/strong\u003e Queers ANDY MEDHURST 2 Behind the Masks: Anthony Asquith and Brian Desmond Hurst STEPHEN BOURNE\u003cstrong\u003e 3 An Instrument with a Flaming Sword: Conservative Queerness in \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCanterbury Tale \u003c\/strong\u003eALEXANDER DOTY 4 Are There Stars Out Tonight? KEITH HOWES 5 Sad and Angry: Queers in Sixties British Cinema ROBIN GRIFFITHS \u003cstrong\u003e6 ‘A Comic Monster of Revue’: Beryl Reid, Sister George and the Performance \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eof Dykery \u003c\/strong\u003eLIZZIE THYNNE\u003cstrong\u003e 7 ‘Come and Have a Bathe!’ : Landscaping the Queer Utopia \u003c\/strong\u003eMICHAEL WILLIAMS\u003cstrong\u003e 8 Intermingling under Controlled Conditions: The Queerness of \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrick Up \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYour Ears \u003c\/strong\u003eKENNETH MACKINNON \u003cstrong\u003e9 Terence Davies and the Unheimlich Home Movie \u003c\/strong\u003eJIM ELLIS \u003cstrong\u003e10 ‘It’s My Nature’ : AIDS Narratives and the Moral Re-branding of Queerness \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ein the mid-1990s \u003c\/strong\u003eGREGORY WOODS \u003cstrong\u003e11 Beyond the Pale: The Politics of \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Crying Game \u003c\/strong\u003eANDREW MOOR 12 More Jiggery Than Pokery: Derek Jarman’s Edward II RAYMOND ARMSTRONG \u003cstrong\u003e13 Taming Oscar Wilde: Queerness, Heritage and Stardom \u003c\/strong\u003eGLYN DAVIS 14 Interview with Lisa Gornick: Reflections on a ‘First Draft’ Film about Love and its Labels ANI RITCHIE 15 Beautiful Thing: British Queer Cinema, Positive Unoriginality and the Everyday ROS JENNINGS\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eSelective Filmography Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402089898327,"sku":"9780415307789","price":128.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780415307789.jpg?v=1730479382","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/british-queer-cinema-british-popular-cinema-9780415307789","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}