The Romance of Transgression in Canada

queering sexualities, nations, cinemas

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by Thomas Waugh

Type

Studies

Subject

Sociology

Keywords

Canada, queer

Publishing date

2006

Publisher

McGill-Queen's University Press

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Paperback • 624 pages
6 ¾ x 9 ¾ inches (17 x 25 cm)

ISBN-10
ISBN-13

0-7735-3146-7
978-0-7735-3146-8

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From pornography to autobiography, from the Cold War to the sexual revolution, from rural roots and mythologies to the queer meccas of Vancouver, Toronto, and Montreal, The Romance of Transgression in Canada is a history of sexual representation on the large and small screen in English Canada and Quebec.

Thomas Waugh identifies the queerness that has emerged at the centre of our national sex-obsessed cinema, filling a gap in the scholarly literature. In Part One he explores the explosive canon of artists such as Norman McLaren, Claude Jutra, Colin Campbell, Paul Wong, John Greyson, Patricia Rozema, Lea Pool, Bruce Labruce, Esther Valiquette, Marc Paradis, and Mirha-Soleil Ross. Part Two is an encyclopaedia of short essays covering 340 filmmakers, video artists, and institutions.

The Romance of Transgression in Canada is both a scholarly account and a celebration of Canadian LGBTQ films - moving images that have scandalized conservative politicans, but are the envy of queer cultural festivals around the world.

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