Critical Queer Studies - Law, Film, and Fiction in Contemporary American Culture (Hardcover, New Ed)

Critical Queer Studies examines contemporary films and documentaries that dramatize the intersection of law and queer life, analyzing the effects of legal doctrines-jury selection, unwanted sexual advance, negligence, hate crimes, and gay marriage-on the production and reception of queer film and fiction. Exploring the interaction of these discourses by discussing internationally-known American films, the book demonstrates how the law maintains its hold over the queer subject through promoting certain ideological fictions and conversely how film and literature draw upon the material realities of queer legal status to dramatize conflicts between law and the marginalized subject. Critical Queer Studies synthesizes queer studies, law and literature, and film studies, engaging these fields to show how the struggle for gay and lesbian rights has influenced the production of film and fiction.

General

Imprint:	Ashgate Publishing Limited
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Gender in Law, Culture, and Society
Release date:	June 2012
First published:	2012
Authors:	Casey Charles
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	202
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-1-4094-4406-0
Categories:	Books > Humanities > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Media studies Books > Law > Jurisprudence & general issues > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Area / regional studies > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > General Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Social law > General
LSN:	1-4094-4406-6
Barcode:	9781409444060

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