Queer Looks | 
 enlarge | Author: Martha Gever
Publisher: Routledge
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 1226066
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 413
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 5.9 x 1.2
ISBN: 041590742X
Dewey Decimal Number: 791.43653
EAN: 9780415907422
ASIN: 041590742X
Publication Date: September 20, 1993
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Queer Looks is a collection of writing by video artists, filmmakers, and critics which explores the recent explosion of lesbian and gay independent media culture. A compelling compilation of artists' statements and critical theory, producer interviews and image-text works, this anthology demonstrates the vitality of queer artists under attack and fighting back. Each maker and writer deploys a surprising array of techniques and tactics, negotiating the difficult terrain between street pragmatism and theoretical inquiry, finding voices rich in chutzpah and subtlety. From guerilla Super-8 in Manila to AIDS video activism in New York, Queer Looks zooms in on this very queer place in media culture, revealing a wealth of strategies, a plurality of aesthetics, and an artillary of resistances.
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queer pix September 26, 1999
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
Altho the cover has that generic early-90s multiculti/ACTUP design look (EEK!) there's actually alot of good material in here. Rather than the usual collections of grad student mush, many of the writers actually know gay media from the inside (even if some info is dated now). Especcially good as an antidote to the feature film/hollywoodization of gay cinema.Too much stuff, alot of weaker essays (and SCARY "art") could have been omitted, and there's an incestuous NY/academic/PC mafia that gets old, but it still seems like a really useful document.
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