Hairspray by Dana Heller

Hairspray by Dana Heller

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Noted film expert and cultural scholar Dana Heller utilizes elements of Hairspray -- including original interview material with John Waters -- to engage readers in thought-provoking discussions about topics ranging from camp and queer theory to gender performance and the body; from debates over postmodern style vs.

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Hairspray by Dana Heller

By reconsidering assumptions about mainstream popular culture and its revolutionary possibilities, author Dana Heller reveals that John Waters' popular 1988 film Hairspray is the director's most subversive movie. Represents the first scholarly work on any of film director John Waters' films Incorporates original interview material with the director Reveals meanings embedded in the film's narrative treatment of racial and sexual politics
Dana Heller is Professor and Chair of English at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. She has written widely about elements of popular culture, gay and lesbian studies, consumer culture, television, and almost all things considered "bad" taste.

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ISBN 13 9781405191982
ISBN 10 1405191988
Titel Hairspray
Autor Dana Heller
Serie Wiley-Blackwell Series In Film And Television
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Bindungsart Paperback
Verlag John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Erscheinungsjahr 2011-07-08
Seitenanzahl 176
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