I've heard the mermaids singing

I've heard the mermaids singing

by Mendenhall, Julia, (College teacher)

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A Queer Film Classic on Canadian director Patricia Rozema's I've Heard the Mermaids Singing, her quirky and hopeful first feature film which made its premiere at Cannes and won its Prix de la jeunesse. Presented as a "videotaped confession," it tells the story of Polly Vandersma, an unpretentious and introverted young woman who takes photographs as a hobby and works as a personal assistant to an elegant and sophisticated, but unsatisfied, art gallery director, Gabrielle St. Peres, whom she wors…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :I've heard the mermaids singing / Julia Mendenhall.

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A Queer Film Classic on Canadian director Patricia Rozema's I've Heard the Mermaids Singing, her quirky and hopeful first feature film which made its premiere at Cannes and won its Prix de la jeunesse. Presented as a "videotaped confession," it tells the story of Polly Vandersma, an unpretentious and introverted young woman who takes photographs as a hobby and works as a personal assistant to an elegant and sophisticated, but unsatisfied, art gallery director, Gabrielle St. Peres, whom she worships.--Provided by publisher

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2014.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Arsenal Pulp Press
  • Place of Publication:Vancouver, British Columbia
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2014.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (149 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:1551525658, 9781551525655
  • oclc:on1066662175
  • LC Classification:PN1997.I84
  • Dewey Decimal:791.43/72

Table of Contents

Introduction: The oblique pragmatist's stratagems -- Creating the queer fairy tale -- Coming out, Cannes, and criticism -- Reading Polly's "Perversities" -- Envisioning our futures.

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Subjects

Canada Cinéma -- Histoire et critique. -- Cana… Criticism, interpretation, etc I've heard the mermaids singing (Motion… Motion pictures Motion pictures -- History and criticis… PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video Queer theory Rozema, Patricia Théorie queer

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Mendenhall, Julia, (College teacher)

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