Deviant Eyes, Deviant Bodies

Sexual Re-Orientation in Film and Video

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by Chris Straayer

Type

Essays

Subject

Sociology

Keywords

feminism, queer

Publishing date

1996

Publisher

Columbia University Press

Collection

Film and Culture

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Paperback • 360 pages
6 x 9 ¼ inches (15.5 x 23.5 cm)

ISBN-10
ISBN-13

0-231-07979-6
978-0-231-07979-2

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Book Presentation:
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.

About the Author:
Chris Straayer is associate professor of cinema studies at New York University.

Press Reviews:
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. Choice

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