Queer Biopic in the Aids Era

About the author

Laura Stamm is Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at University of Rochester Medical Center.

Summary

The Queer Biopic in the AIDS Era examines the use that New Queer Cinema filmmakers (Derek Jarman, Barbara Hammer, Todd Haynes, etc.) made of the biopic genre during the AIDS era and how this in turn influenced contemporary queer film.

Additional text

The Queer Biopic in the AIDS Era highlights the important contribution of the New Queer Cinema filmmakers to the genre; this study, by extension, also offers a new lens by which to perceive the project of those filmmakers.

Product details

• Authors: Laura Stamm, Laura (Director of Diversity Stamm, Stamm Laura
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2022
• EAN: 9780197604038
• ISBN: 978-0-19-760403-8
• No. of pages: 218
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Of specific Gay & Lesbian interest, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, Relating to LGBTQ+ people, SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+ Studies / General, Film Theory & Criticism, Film history, theory or criticism