Screening Queer Memory: LGBTQ Pasts in Contemporary Film and Television

Anamarija Horvat's Screening Queer Memory explores how LGBTQ history has been represented on-screen, questioning the specificity of queer memory and the influence of film and television on its construction. She highlights how contemporary British and American cinema and television have commented on queer memory, adding to an under-examined area of queer film and television research.

Format: Hardback
Length: 200 pages
Publication date: 20 May 2021
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

In Screening Queer Memory, Anamarija Horvat delves into the examination of how LGBTQ history has been portrayed on the silver screen, while also exploring the intricacies of queer memory. She raises a multitude of thought-provoking questions, such as how the pasts of LGBTQ individuals and communities are visualized and commemorated on screen, how these representations comment on the impact of film and television on the formation of queer memory, how they depict the transmission of memory from one generation of LGBTQ individuals to another, and lastly, which narratives of the queer past, particularly of the activist past, are being celebrated and which ones are being obscured. Horvat serves as an exemplar in showcasing how contemporary British and American cinema and television have engaged with the specificity of queer memory, by reflecting upon its construction and actively contributing to its creation. Through her analysis, she adds to an under-explored area of queer film and television research, which has traditionally prioritized concepts such as nostalgia, history, temporality, and the archive over memory. A selection of films and television shows that are explored in the text include Cheryl Dunye's The Watermelon Woman (1996), Todd Haynes' Velvet Goldmine (1998), Joey Soloway's Transparent (2014-2019), Matthew Warchus' Pride (2014), and Tom Rob Smith's London Spy (2015).

Weight: 476g
Dimension: 162 x 240 x 18 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781350187658