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Author Wallace, Lee, 1962-

Title Lesbianism, cinema, space : the sexual life of apartments / Lee Wallace
Edition 1st ed
Published New York : Routledge, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 202 pages) : illustrations
Series Routledge advances in film studies ; 2
Routledge advances in film studies ; 2.
Contents Chapter 1 Introduction: The Lesbian Chronotope -- chapter 2 Lesbian Representation and Cinematic Space: The Children's Hour -- chapter 3 The Lesbian Set: The Killing of Sister George -- chapter 4 The Lesbian Mise-en-Scène: The Bitter Tears of / Petra von Kant -- chapter 5 The Lesbian Location: Single White Female -- chapter 6 The Lesbian Edit: Bound -- chapter 7 The Lesbian Diegesis: Mulholland Drive -- chapter 8 Conclusion: The Sexual Life of Apartments
Summary "In this cutting edge volume, Lee Wallace identifies a unique trend in post-Production Code films that deal with lesbian content: stories of lesbianism invariably engage with an apartment setting, a spatial motif not typically associated with lesbian history or cultural representation. Through the formal analysis of five lesbian apartment films, Wallace demonstrates how the standard repertoire of visual techniques and spatial devices (the elements of mise-en-scene, favoured locations and sets, classical systems of editing, and the implied story world itself) are used to scaffold female sexual visibility." "With its sustained focus on the filmic syntax surrounding lesbian representation on screen in the post-Production Code era, the book comprises an original contribution to queer film studies. In addition, Wallace also deploys its discussion of lesbianism and cinematic space to critique a number of tendencies in contemporary social theory, particularly the theoretical identification of public sex cultures as the basis for a queer counterpublic sphere."--Jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-196) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Lesbianism in motion pictures.
Lesbians in motion pictures.
Apartments in motion pictures.
PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- Reference.
Apartments in motion pictures
Lesbianism in motion pictures
Lesbians in motion pictures
Lägenheter i filmen.
Lesbianism i filmen.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780203887820
0203887824
9780415992435
0415992435
9786611837822
6611837825