The Perils of Pedagogy

The Works of John Greyson

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by Brenda Longfellow, Scott MacKenzie and Thomas Waugh

Type

Studies

Subject

Director > John Greyson

Keywords

John Greyson, queer

Publishing date

2013

Publisher

McGill-Queen's University Press

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Paperback • 584 pages
6 ¼ x 9 inches (16 x 23 cm)

ISBN

978-0-7735-4144-3

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Book Presentation:
The first book to examine the works of controversial film and video-maker, queer activist, and agent provocateur, John Greyson.

Whether addressing HIV/AIDS, the policing of bathroom sex, censorship, or anti-globalization movements, John Greyson has imbued his work with cutting humour, eroticism, and postmodern aesthetics. Mashing up high art, opera, community activism, and pop culture, Greyson challenges his audience to consider new ways that images can intervene in both political and public spheres. Emerging on the Toronto scene in the late 1970s, Greyson has produced an eclectic, provocative, and award-winning body of work in film and video. The essays in The Perils of Pedagogy range from personal meditations to provocative textual readings to studies of the historical contexts in which the artist's works intervened politically as well as artistically. Notable writers from a range of disciplines as well as prominent experimental and activist filmmakers tackle questions of documentary ethics, moving image activism, and queer coalitional politics raised by Greyson's work. Close to one hundred frame captures and stills from almost sixty works, along with articles, speeches, and short scripts by Greyson - several never before published - supplement the collection. Celebrating thirty years of passionate, brilliant, and affecting moviemaking, The Perils of Pedagogy will fascinate both specialists and general readers interested in media activism and advocacy, censorship, and freedom of expression.

About the authors:
Brenda Longfellow is associate professor in the Department of Film at York University. Scott MacKenzie is a visiting research fellow at the Robarts Centre of Canadian Studies at York University and an adjunct professor at Queen's University. Thomas Waugh is Concordia University Research Chair in Documentary Film and in Sexual Representation in the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema.

See the publisher website: McGill-Queen's University Press

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