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Publication subTitle :Cultural Criticism and the Value of Desire
Publication series :Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies
Author: Amy Villarejo
Publisher: Duke University Press
Publication year: 2003
E-ISBN: 9780822385356
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780822331926
P-ISBN(Hardback): 9780822331551
Subject: C913.14 gender issues
Language: ENG
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Description
Integrating cinema studies, queer and feminist theory, and cultural studies, Villarejo illuminates the contexts within which the lesbian is rendered visible. Toward that end, she analyzes key portrayals of lesbians in public culture, particularly in documentary film. She considers a range of films—from documentaries about Cuba and lesbian pulp fiction to Exile Shanghai and The Brandon Teena Story—and, in doing so, brings to light a nuanced economy of value and desire.
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