Paris Is Burning

A Queer Film Classic

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by Lucas Hilderbrand

Type

Essays

Subject

One Film > Paris Is Burning

Keywords

Jennie Livingston, documentary, queer

Publishing date

2014

Publisher

Arsenal Pulp Press

Collection

Queer Film Classics

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Paperback • 160 pages
5 x 7 inches (12.5 x 17.5 cm)

ISBN

978-1-55152-519-8

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Book Presentation:
This latest addition to the Queer Film Classics series pays tribute to Paris Is Burning, Jennie Livingston's brilliant and award-winning 1991 documentary that captures the energy, ambition, wit, and struggle of African American and Latino participants in the 1980s New York drag ball scene. This book contextualizes the film within the longer history of drag balls, the practices of documentary, the fervor of the culture wars, and issues of gender, sexuality, race, and class.

Lucas Hilderbrand is associate professor of film and media studies and queer studies at the University of California, Irvine.

About the Author:
Lucas Hilderbrand: Lucas Hilderbrand is associate professor of film and media studies and queer studies at the University of California, Irvine. He is the author of Inherent Vice: Bootleg Histories of Videotape and Copyright and numerous essays on queer media histories. He is currently researching a book on the history of gay bars in the U.S.

Press Reviews:
Hilderbrand ... examines the film's legacy, documents its production and subsequent theatrical release in 1991, and reconciles his own feelings with its contested place in academic debates. The author's compact history is dense with intertextual references. ... Hilderbrand does an admirable job of placing the film in conversation with contemporaneous works ... and recent films that show its influence ... This book is both a worthy teaching tool and an in-depth survey for film lovers. -School Library Journal ― School Library Journal

Hilderbrand embraces the rich cultural text with signature breadth and an impassioned personal narrative. -Lambda Literary ― Lambda Literary

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