Queer Film Festivals and Urban Space
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-57229-1 (ISBN)
It is a response to the loss of queer urban venues and community spaces across across many parts of the Global North and a claim for the political potential of queer film festivals in the context of late-stage capitalism. Drawing from critical events studies, film and film festival scholarship, archival research, cultural geography, and research in the creative industries, the book deploys an interdisciplinary arsenal of tools in order to understand the complexity of festival space. Covering the period from 1980 to the present, the volume posits original case studies of two long-running festivals, as well as analysis of ephemeral, grassroots events. This thorough and critical exploration offers significant insight into the strategies deployed by queer film festivals to carve out queer geographies in the city, and the potential of event-driven place-making to construct alternative morphologies and more equitable approaches to urban space.
This volume will be of pivotal interest to students, scholars, and academics of critical event and festival studies, film and film festival studies, cultural, creative, and media industries, cultural geography, sociology, and urban studies, as well as those with an interest in these areas more generally.
Theresa Heath is Vice Chancellor Independent Research Fellow at Loughborough University London, specialising in queer, feminist, and disability film festivals and cinemas; festivals, events, and urban space; disabled access in the creative and cultural industries; and disability activism. Theresa has a PhD in Film Studies from King’s College London where she researched the relationship between queer film festivals and urban space in the context of increasingly neoliberal approaches to art and culture. She holds an MA in English Literature (1850–Present) from King’s, where she researched queer women’s writing about the city.
Introduction. 1. Urban Space Reclamation at London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival and Lesbisch Schwule Filmtage: 1986-2000. 2. Right to the City? Queer Film Festivals, Neoliberalism, and Urban Space. 3. Experimental Pussies: Queer Film Festivals as Sites of Desire. 4. Running on Queer Time: Imagining Accessible Worlds at Queer Film Festivals. 5. Queer Film Festivals, COVID-19, and Digital Worldmaking. Conclusion. Bibliography.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 26.02.2025 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Routledge Critical Event Studies Research Series. |
| Zusatzinfo | 2 Halftones, black and white; 2 Illustrations, black and white |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 470 g |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft |
| Wirtschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-032-57229-9 / 1032572299 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-032-57229-1 / 9781032572291 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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