{"product_id":"9781138176027","title":"Queer Looks","description":"\u003ch1\u003eQueer Looks\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eMartha Gever | Pratibha Parmar | John Greyson\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eSocial Science \/ Media Studies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eQueer Looks\u003c\/em\u003e is a collection of writing by video artists, filmmakers, and critics which explores the recent explosion of lesbian and gay independent media culture. A compelling compilation of artists' statements and critical theory, producer interviews and image-text works, this anthology demonstrates the vitality of queer artists under attack and fighting back. Each maker and writer deploys a surprising array of techniques and tactics, negotiating the difficult terrain between street pragmatism and theoretical inquiry, finding voices rich in \u003cem\u003echutzpah\u003c\/em\u003e and subtlety. From guerilla Super-8 in Manila to AIDS video activism in New York, \u003cem\u003eQueer Looks\u003c\/em\u003e zooms in on this very queer place in media culture, revealing a wealth of strategies, a plurality of aesthetics, and an artillary of resistances.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eMARTHA GEYER has written critical articles for \u003ci\u003eAfterimage, Art in America, The Independent, \u003c\/i\u003ethe \u003ci\u003eNation, October, \u003c\/i\u003eand other publications. She is coeditor of the anthology \u003ci\u003eOut There: Marginalization and Contemporary Cultures \u003c\/i\u003eand the papers of the conference entitled \u003ci\u003eHow\u003c\/i\u003eDo \u003cem\u003eI Look?: Queer Film and Video.\u003c\/em\u003e PRATlBHA PARMAR is a writer and independent video and filmmaker. She has made numerous videotapes and films for the art gallery and museum circuit, and for broadcast television. Of these, \u003ci\u003eKhush \u003c\/i\u003ehas won three awards and public prizes at international film festivals; \u003ci\u003eSari Red, A Place of Rage, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eDouble the Trouble Twice the Fun \u003c\/i\u003ehave also received acclaim at festivals worldwide. JOHN GREYSON is a Toronto-based film\/videomaker whose works include \u003ci\u003eZero Patience, The Making of Monsters, Urinal, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe ADS Epidemic. \u003c\/i\u003eHe cocurated \u003ci\u003eVideo Against AIDS, \u003c\/i\u003ea six-hour compilation of alternative tapes about AIDS, and taught at the California Institute for the Arts from 1986 to 1989. He has been active in the gay media arts communities since 1978.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e04 January 2017\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTaylor \u0026amp; Francis\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRoutledge\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781138176027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e430\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e33.88\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63540110852236,"sku":"9781138176027","price":210.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781138176027","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}