Engaging feminist and queer theory ranging from Nancy Chodorow to Judith Butler to Valerie Solanis's SCUM Manifesto, Straayer considers the wealth of films made by and for nontraditional viewers. Straayer investigation ranges from Stella Dallas to Mrs. Doubtfire, "experimental" lesbian and gay films from the classic Maedchen in Uniform to the contemporary Go Fish, and music video icons such as David Bowie, Dead or Alive, and Divine to investigate transgressions of traditional gender boundaries.
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Straayer (cinema studies, NYU) approaches feminist film theory from a queer (primarily lesbian) perspective, examining complex relationships between viewer and film while arguing for a rethinking of rigid sexual dichotomies. After studying mainstream, independent, and pornographic films, particularly those of Annie Sprinkle, Straayer posits multiple nonheterosexual, nonpatriarchal subjectivities for the way we view film, working toward a sexuality/gender continuum. Although the prose relies on deconstructionist terminology, determined readers will find Straayer's thesis compelling. A useful companion to Judith Butler's Gender Trouble (LJ 2/1/89) and Bad Object-Choices' How Do I Look? (LJ 2/1/92), this belongs in all film, gender, and queer studies collections.?Anthony J. Adam, Prairie View A&M Univ. Lib., Tex.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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In the course of this fascinating, polemical book... [Straayer] writes interestingly about such films as Some Like It Hot, Victor / Victoria, Adoption, and Orlando and about a number of experimental films.... Informative, challenging, thought-provoking, and perhaps unsettling.
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pleasuring: the lesbian look of exchange and female bonding. I place these in contrast to the male gaze and its narrative corollary, love at first sight. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
temporary transvestite films, baby butch, lesbian heroine, lesbian porn, sexual disguise, female ejaculation, lesbian viewers, female bonding, lesbian desire Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Annie Sprinkle, Stella Dallas, Jennifer Miller, Some Like It Hot, San Francisco, Entre Nous, Museum of Modern Art, Queen Christina, John Waters, New York City, Women Make Movies, John Greyson, Mary Ann Doane, Sister Ruth, Barbra Streisand, Dorian Gray, Jocelyn Taylor, Judith Butler, Juggling Gender, Pastor Finch, Sister Clodagh, Sister George, Tony Curtis, Case of Homosexuality, Courtesy of Video Data Bank New!
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pleasuring: the lesbian look of exchange and female bonding. I place these in contrast to the male gaze and its narrative corollary, love at first sight. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
temporary transvestite films, baby butch, lesbian heroine, lesbian porn, sexual disguise, female ejaculation, lesbian viewers, female bonding, lesbian desire Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Annie Sprinkle, Stella Dallas, Jennifer Miller, Some Like It Hot, San Francisco, Entre Nous, Museum of Modern Art, Queen Christina, John Waters, New York City, Women Make Movies, John Greyson, Mary Ann Doane, Sister Ruth, Barbra Streisand, Dorian Gray, Jocelyn Taylor, Judith Butler, Juggling Gender, Pastor Finch, Sister Clodagh, Sister George, Tony Curtis, Case of Homosexuality, Courtesy of Video Data Bank New!
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