The Oxford Handbook of Queer Cinema

Queer cinema is a visual culture, a body of work, and a way of critically reading and evaluating films and other visual media through the lens of sexuality. It encompasses more than a century of filmmaking, film criticism, and film reception, and the past twenty-five years have seen the idea of queer cinema expand further as a descriptor for a global arts practice. The Oxford Handbook of Queer Cinema treats these three currents as art and critical practice, bringing the canon of queer cinema together with a new generation of makers and scholars.

Format: Hardback
Length: 848 pages
Publication date: 23 March 2022
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc

Queer cinema is a term that encompasses a vibrant visual culture, a rich body of narrative, documentary, and experimental work previously categorized under the rubric of homosexual or lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans (LGBT) cinema, and a critical approach to examining films and other visual media through the lens of sexuality. This expansive definition encompasses over a century of filmmaking, film criticism, and film reception, and in the past twenty-five years, the concept of queer cinema has expanded even further to encompass a global arts practice.

The Oxford Handbook of Queer Cinema is a groundbreaking work that treats these three currents as both art and critical practice. It brings together the rich canon of queer cinema with a new generation of makers and scholars, fostering a deeper understanding and appreciation of this diverse and evolving field.

The Handbook's contributors include scholars who specialize in researching the worldwide canon of queer cinema, those with unique insights into its past three decades of significance, and those who contemplate the forms that queer cinema may take in our new century, particularly in the realm of digital media that operates within new circuits.

In eight comprehensive sections, the Handbook explores the diverse forms that queer cinema takes across time, covering narrative, experimental, documentary, and genre filmmaking, including pornography. It also showcases the unique combination of textual analysis, industrial and production history, interpretation, ethnography, and archival research that this field enables.

Chapters in the Handbook delve into the complex ways in which queer cinema both is and is not self-evidently an object for study. They examine films that reinforce negative understandings of queerness, challenging traditional narratives and promoting a more inclusive and nuanced understanding of sexuality and gender.

Through its comprehensive approach, The Oxford Handbook of Queer Cinema provides a valuable resource for scholars, students, and enthusiasts alike. It offers a comprehensive exploration of queer cinema's past, present, and future, fostering a deeper understanding of this dynamic and ever-evolving field.

Weight: 1608g
Dimension: 184 x 254 x 57 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780190877996