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Noted film expert and cultural scholar Dana Heller utilizes elements of Hairspray -- including original interview material with John Waters -- to engage readers in thought-provoking discussions about topics ranging from camp and queer theory to gender performance and the body; from debates over postmodern style vs.

Table of Contents
List of Figures.

Acknowledgments.

Introducing Hairspray.

1 The Roots.

2 Tangled Genres: The Teenpic Gets a Makeover.

3 Hair with Body: Corpulence, Unruliness, and Cultural Subversion.

4 Highlighting History: Hairspray's Uses of Popular Memory.

5 More Than 20 Years and Still Holding: The Many Lives of Hairspray.

Notes.

Bibliography.

Index.

Hairspray

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      Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Publication Date: 08/07/2011
      ISBN13: 9781405191982, 978-1405191982
      ISBN10: 1405191988
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Noted film expert and cultural scholar Dana Heller utilizes elements of Hairspray -- including original interview material with John Waters -- to engage readers in thought-provoking discussions about topics ranging from camp and queer theory to gender performance and the body; from debates over postmodern style vs.

      Table of Contents
      List of Figures.

      Acknowledgments.

      Introducing Hairspray.

      1 The Roots.

      2 Tangled Genres: The Teenpic Gets a Makeover.

      3 Hair with Body: Corpulence, Unruliness, and Cultural Subversion.

      4 Highlighting History: Hairspray's Uses of Popular Memory.

      5 More Than 20 Years and Still Holding: The Many Lives of Hairspray.

      Notes.

      Bibliography.

      Index.

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