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This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction: ‘A Pirate's Life For Me’‘No, Mate. I'm Free Forever. Free to Sail the Seas Beyond the Edges of the Map…’: Queering the Fantasy Blockbuster‘Guidelines, rather than Actual Rules’: Pirates... more
This dissertation reconciles two interpretations of F. W. Murnau’s Nosferatu (1922) by linking the film’s anti-Semitic qualities with its transgressive sexual impulses. In doing so, I assert that Jewishness pervades in the body of the... more
Published in "Offscreen", n. 9, vol. 19, Montréal, September 2015. ISSN: 1712-9559 http://offscreen.com/view/the-skin-i-live-in-pedro-almodovar -------------- ABSTRACT ENGLISH: The Skin I Live In is a 2011 thriller from renowned... more
Le désir et la sexualité ont trouvé des représentations poétiques dans l’œuvre de certaines femmes, notamment à travers la danse pour Maya Deren, « mère » de l’avant-garde américaine, ou par l’intermédiaire de voix féminines et... more
This thesis was submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirement of the Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Film Studies at UNSW. ABSTRACT: The increased acceptance of the LGBT+ community has seen a proliferation of queer media in the 21st... more
Nell’ultimo decennio, lo studio del cinema popolare nell’Italia del periodo che va dalla fase post-neorealista fino alla fine degli anni Settanta, passando per il momento cruciale rappresentato dal boom economico, ha avuto un notevole... more
Description du cours, objectifs et approche pédagogique : Ce cours a pour objectif l’étude des représentations du genre et de la sexualité dans le cinéma de fiction selon une variété d’approches critiques, dont les théories féministes et... more
Interview. Research. Cinema. Egypt. Sexuality. Taboos. Youth
Encuesta. Entrevistas. Cine. Egipto. Sexualidad. Tabúes. Jóvenes.
Encuesta. Entrevistas. Cine. Egipto. Sexualidad. Tabúes. Jóvenes.
Includes discussion of "Secretary" (2002), "A Serbian Film," (2010), "The Girlfriend Experience" (2009) and the films of Todd Solondz.
"Documentary Disclosures" is about the emergence of queer-identified filmmaking in In dia against the dramatic backdrop of a rapidly transforming mediascape in the last decade of the twentieth century. The restructuring of India's urban... more
SERIES SYNOPSIS --- 2018 will be the 50th year anniversary of one of the most turbulent and influential years of the twentieth century. 1968 saw the Prague Spring and the Soviet invasion in Czechoslovakia, massive student demonstrations... more
Сущность и игра полов в Мироздании.
The essence and the game of sexes in the Universe.
The essence and the game of sexes in the Universe.
Invited to guest-edit an issue of Parallax, we focused on the contours of body theory developed in installation art, dance, and cinema that both theorizes a certain body and ‘installs’ that body as central to the artistic practice. Our... more
Resumo: Buscamos, neste artigo, problematizar a categoria masculinidade por meio do filme Praia do Futuro. Para isso, nos baseamos em autores/as localizados/as nos estudos pós-estruturalistas, como Jacques Derrida e Judith Butler, pelas... more
Melodrama is generally debated by academics as a powerful cinematographic mechanism capable to deal with forbidden themes by Hays Code in Fifties. The aim of the paper is to discuss how films which derive from theatrical plays like "Tea... more
On the autobiographical impulse of film biographies: Isaac julien's LOOKING FOR LANGSTON and FRANTZ FANON: BLACK SKIN, WHITE MASK
Cet article est consacré à l'étude du film panjabi "Waris Shah - Ishq daa waaris" (Waris Shah - héritier de l'amour), biographie cinématographique romancée de Vāris Śāh, plus grand poète de langue panjabie et auteur de la version... more
In this presentation, I assess Fifty Shades of Grey’s paratexts to better recognize the promotion and proliferation of rape culture in Hollywood filmmaking and in its reception. By assessing Fifty Shades’s posters and trailers and their... more
A travers la notion de "représentation-limite", ce colloque proposera une réflexion collective sur les enjeux esthétiques, politiques, économiques, anthropologiques et culturels des figurations de la sexualité humaine qui, aujourd'hui,... more
Since its publication, the works of the Marquis de Sade have challenged the reading public with a philosophy of relentless physical transgression. This is the first book-length academic study by a single author that applies the philosophy... more
Since the silent era, Hollywood has maintained a particular fascination with disasters. Up on the screen buildings collapse, volcanoes erupt and tornadoes destroy all in their path. This article investigates the Hollywood disaster genre... more
Carlos Reygadas explores both the ordinary and extraordinary in contemporary Mexico. He stages scenes of graphic violence, sex, dying, and death; his non-professional actors convey sadness, contempt, distrust, and experience great loss.... more
Depuis le début des années 2000 et le « passage à l’euro », on assiste à une prolifération de « comédies d’argent » sur les écrans français, souvent repérables à partir de leurs titres, comme Ah ! Si j’étais riche (2002) ou Le Coût de... more