Forbidden Love
a queer film classic
$21.49
- Paperback
176 pages
- Release Date
31 January 2016
Summary
A Queer Film Classic on the 1992 feature documentary on lesbian experience from the 1940s to the 1960s as seen through the lens of lesbian pulp fiction. The film interweaves an historical dramatization with interviews with women who speak frankly about their experiences living as lesbians in times when they could not be out, as well as with Ann Bannon, the American writer who wrote lesbian pulp fiction novels from 1957 to 1962 known as The Beebo Brinker Chronicles. This award-winning movie…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781551526089 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1551526085 |
| Series: | Queer Film Classics |
| Author: | Jean Bruce, Gerda Cammaer |
| Publisher: | Arsenal Pulp Press |
| Imprint: | Arsenal Pulp Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Release Date: | 31 January 2016 |
| Weight: | 206g |
| Dimensions: | 177mm x 127mm |
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Critics Review
“The book serves as an excellent companion to the film, recontextualizing Forbidden Love’s re-release with rich production detail, pithy formal analysis, critical theory and provocative cultural commentary.” –POV Magazine
“The book provides incredible insight into co-directors Lynne Fernie and Aerlyn Weissman’s groundbreaking documentary.” –AfterEllen
About The Author
Jean Bruce
Jean Bruce: Jean Bruce is an Associate Professor in the School of Image Arts, Ryerson University in Toronto. Her research interests include Canadian cinema, advertising and consumer culture, property television, melodrama, and documentary.Gerda Cammaer: Gerda Cammaer is Associate Professor in the School of Image Arts at Ryerson University in Toronto. She is a film scholar, curator, and filmmaker with a particular interest in documentary and experimental film.
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