Queer Cinema in Europe

"The emergence of a noticeably 'queer' voice in European film-making over the past two decades has created an exciting new area for academic analysis and debate. This landmark anthology offers the first comprehensive account of an intriguing contemporary genre." "Through case studies of key films and filmmakers, the contributors to this volume resituate discussions of queer identity and desire within a uniquely diverse and divergent European context. From the subversive sexual poetics of the avant-garde to the renewed political agency of the documentary film and the Euro art-house mainstream, Queer Cinema in Europe raises many provocative questions about understandings of gender, sexuality and identity in film that spill across a variety of national borders, cultures and traditions."--BOOK JACKET.