Far from heaven

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'Indie'. -- Authorship. -- Genre. -- Queerness. -- Coda. Offers a detailed and perceptive study of Haynes' film, with each chapter centred on a topic crucial for understanding its richness and seductive pleasures (authorship, melodrama, queerness). Is also positioned in relation to the rest of Todd Haynes' work, the New Queer Cinema movement, and the history of US independent cinema. Key Features: Introduces queer theory, and applies insights from the field to Far from Heaven; Explores the cha…

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Full title :Far from heaven / Glyn Davis.

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'Indie'. -- Authorship. -- Genre. -- Queerness. -- Coda.

Offers a detailed and perceptive study of Haynes' film, with each chapter centred on a topic crucial for understanding its richness and seductive pleasures (authorship, melodrama, queerness). Is also positioned in relation to the rest of Todd Haynes' work, the New Queer Cinema movement, and the history of US independent cinema. Key Features: Introduces queer theory, and applies insights from the field to Far from Heaven; Explores the changing meaning and form of independent film in the US; Tackles the spectatorship issues surrounding retrospective viewing and rereading of classical Hollywood film. [editor].

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2011.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Edinburgh University Press
Place of Publication:Edinburgh
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2011.

The Physical Object

Description:ix, 154 p. : : ill. ; : 23 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780748637782, 0748637788, 9780748637799, 0748637796
oclc:ocn934356244

Subjects

Cine independiente Cineastas independientes Far from Heaven (Motion picture) Haynes, Todd Independent filmmakers Independent films Lejos del cielo (Película) Productores y directores de cine