Queer Film Festivals and Urban Space - Reclaiming the City

This timely and innovative book argues that queer film festivals reclaim urban space for queer women and other marginalised queer subjects through the mobilisation of both material and diegetic space.

List of contents

Introduction. 1. Urban Space Reclamation at London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival and Lesbisch Schwule Filmtage: 1986-2000. 2. Right to the City? Queer Film Festivals, Neoliberalism, and Urban Space. 3. Experimental Pussies: Queer Film Festivals as Sites of Desire. 4. Running on Queer Time: Imagining Accessible Worlds at Queer Film Festivals. 5. Queer Film Festivals, COVID-19, and Digital Worldmaking. Conclusion. Bibliography.

About the author

Theresa Heath is Vice Chancellor Independent Research Fellow at Loughborough University London, specialising in queer, feminist, and disability film festivals and cinemas; festivals, events, and urban space; disabled access in the creative and cultural industries; and disability activism. Theresa has a PhD in Film Studies from King's College London where she researched the relationship between queer film festivals and urban space in the context of increasingly neoliberal approaches to art and culture. She holds an MA in English Literature (1850-Present) from King's, where she researched queer women's writing about the city.

Summary

This timely and innovative book argues that queer film festivals reclaim urban space for queer women and other marginalised queer subjects through the mobilisation of both material and diegetic space.

Product details

• Authors: Theresa Heath
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.03.2025
• EAN: 9781032572291
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3257229-1
• No. of pages: 156
• Series: Routledge Critical Event Studies Research Series.
• Subjects: Guides > Sport; Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; History, Media Studies, Cultural Studies, HISTORY / Social History, Humanities, Sports & outdoor recreation, Social and cultural history, Relating to LGBTQ+ people, SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+ Studies / General, Hospitality and service industries, Sports and Active outdoor recreation, Events management industries, HISTORY / LGBTQ+, LGBTQ+ Studies / topics, queer;film;festivals;urban;space