Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Introduction; 1 A Jury of One's Queers: Revisiting the Dan White Trial; 4 "The Imagined Power:" The Specter of Hate Crime in Brokeback Mountain; 5 Queer Exposures: Making the Real Reel in Van Sant's Milk; Conclusion: Toward a Queer Political Aesthetic; Bibliography; Filmography; Index
Summary
Critical Queer Studies examines contemporary films and documentaries that dramatize the intersection of law and queer life, analysing the effects of legal doctrines-jury selection, unwanted sexual advance, negligence, hate crimes, and gay marriage-on the production and reception of queer film and fiction
