Queer Enchantments: Gender, Sexuality, and Class in the Fairy-Tale Cinema of Jacques Demy

(Part of the The Donald Haase Series in Fairy-Tale Studies Series)

by Anne E. Duggan

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Examines director Jacques Demy's use of the fairy tale as a means to explore issues of gender, sexuality, and class.

To the uninitiated, the films of French New Wave director Jacques Demy can seem strange and even laughable, with their gaudy color schemes and sung dialogue. Yet since the late 1990s, a generation of queer filmmakers in France have found new inspiration in Demy's cinema. In this volume, author Anne E. Duggan examines...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0814335098

ISBN13:9780814335093

Release Date:October 2013

Publisher:Wayne State University Press

Length:208 Pages

Weight:0.70 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"

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Queer Enchantments: Gender, Sexuality, and Class in the Fairy-Tale Cinema of Jacques Demy

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