Female Trouble: A Queer Film Classic
A Queer Film Classic on cinematic camp icon John Waters' 1974 dark comedy, starring the legendary Divine as Dawn Davenport, a young troublemaker who embarks on a mind-bending journey in a world "where crime and beauty are the same." Chris Holmlund's book examines the film's camp aethestic and its position in the history of independent film that also includes Waters' infamous 1972 film Pink Flamingos.

Chris Holmlund is a Professor of Film, Women's Studies and French at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. Her previous books include American Cinema of the 1990s (Rutgers UniversityPress) and Impossible Bodies (Routledge).

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Female Trouble: A Queer Film Classic
A Queer Film Classic on cinematic camp icon John Waters' 1974 dark comedy, starring the legendary Divine as Dawn Davenport, a young troublemaker who embarks on a mind-bending journey in a world "where crime and beauty are the same." Chris Holmlund's book examines the film's camp aethestic and its position in the history of independent film that also includes Waters' infamous 1972 film Pink Flamingos.

Chris Holmlund is a Professor of Film, Women's Studies and French at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. Her previous books include American Cinema of the 1990s (Rutgers UniversityPress) and Impossible Bodies (Routledge).

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Female Trouble: A Queer Film Classic

Female Trouble: A Queer Film Classic

by Chris Holmlund
Female Trouble: A Queer Film Classic

Female Trouble: A Queer Film Classic

by Chris Holmlund

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Overview

A Queer Film Classic on cinematic camp icon John Waters' 1974 dark comedy, starring the legendary Divine as Dawn Davenport, a young troublemaker who embarks on a mind-bending journey in a world "where crime and beauty are the same." Chris Holmlund's book examines the film's camp aethestic and its position in the history of independent film that also includes Waters' infamous 1972 film Pink Flamingos.

Chris Holmlund is a Professor of Film, Women's Studies and French at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. Her previous books include American Cinema of the 1990s (Rutgers UniversityPress) and Impossible Bodies (Routledge).


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781551526836
Publisher: Arsenal Pulp Press, Limited
Publication date: 06/13/2017
Pages: 234
Sales rank: 730,742
Product dimensions: 5.80(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Chris Holmlund: Chris Holmlund is a Professor of Film, Women's Studies and French at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. Her previous books include American Cinema of the 1990s (Rutgers UniversityPress) and Impossible Bodies (Routledge).

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