Queer Enchantments Gender, Sexuality, and Class in the Fairy-Tale Cinema of Jacques Demy |
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| Author:
| Duggan, Anne E. |
| Series title: | Series in Fairy-Tale Studies |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8143-3509-3 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2013 |
| Publisher: | Wayne State University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $31.99 |
Book Description:
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To the uninitiated, the films of French New Wave director Jacques Demy can seem strange and even laughable, with their gaudy colour 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 Jacques Demy's queer sensibility in connection with another understudied characteristic of his oeuvre: his recurrent use of the fairy tale.
To the uninitiated, the films of French New Wave director Jacques Demy can seem strange and even laughable, with their gaudy colour 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 Jacques Demy's queer sensibility in connection with another understudied characteristic of his oeuvre: his recurrent use of the fairy tale.