Immortal Invisible
Immortal, Invisible: Lesbians and the Moving Image is the first collection to bring together leading film-makers, academics and activists to discuss films by, for and about lesbians and queer women. The contributors debate the practice of lesbian and queer film-making, from the queer cinema of Monika Treut to the work of lesbian film-makers Andrea Weiss and Greta Schiller. They explore the pleasures and problems of lesbian spectatorship, both in mainstream Hollywood films including Aliens and...
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Immortal, Invisible: Lesbians and the Moving Image is the first collection to bring together leading film-makers, academics and activists to discuss films by, for and about lesbians and queer women.The contributors debate the practice of lesbian and queer film-making, from the queer cinema of Monika Treut to the work of lesbian film-makers Andrea Weiss and Greta Schiller. They explore the pleasures and problems of lesbian spectatorship, both in mainstream Hollywood films including Aliens and Red Sonja, and in independent cinema from She Must Be Seeing Things to Salmonberries and Desert Hearts.The authors tackle tricky questions: Can a film such as Strictly Ballroom be both pleasurably camp and heterosexist? Is it OK to drool over dyke iconsw like Sigourney Weaver and kd lang? What makes a film lesbian, or queer, or even post-queer? What about showing sex on screen? And why do lesbian screen romances hardly ever have happy endings?Immortal, Invisible is splendidly illustrated with a selection of images from film and television texts, and will a significant contribution to the areas of queer theory and film studies. Library Journal Wilton, senior lecturer in health and social policy at the University of the West of England, where she also teaches women's studies and lesbian studies, has edited and contributed to the first collection of essays that discusses films by and about lesbians. The writers are academics, filmmakers, and activists who debate and explore both lesbian filmmaking by directors Monika Treut, Andrea Weiss, and Greta Schiller, among others, and lesbian audiences of mainstream Hollywood films like Aliens and Red Sonia. The diverse essays are well documented and incorporate film stills and references. Andrea Weiss's Vampires & Violets: Lesbians in Film (Viking, 1993), a history of lesbians in film that describes many of the films discussed here, is a valuable companion to Wilton's book. One of the few books written on lesbians and film, this is recommended for academic libraries supporting film studies or women's and gay/lesbian studies departments.Lisa N. Johnston, Sweet Briar Coll. Lib., Va.
List of illustrationsNotes on contributorsAcknowledgementsIntroduction: On invisibility and mortality11What is a Nice Lesbian Like You Doing in a Film Like This?202The Meaning of Treut?343Oranges are not the Only Fruit: Reaching Audiences Other Lesbian Texts Cannot Reach524Salmonberries: Consuming kd lang705Sex in the Summer of '88856'lf You Don't Play, You Can't Win' Desert Hearts and the Lesbian Romance Film927Portrait of a Production1158The Space Between: Daughters and Lovers in Anne Trister1319On Not Being Lady Macbeth: Some (Troubled) Thoughts on Lesbian Spectatorship14310Girl's Camp? The Politics of Parody16311Looking At Pumping Iron II: The Women18212Desire and Design - Ripley Undressed19313Visible Mortals: Andrea Weiss and Greta Schiller207Filmography225Index228
\ Library JournalWilton, senior lecturer in health and social policy at the University of the West of England, where she also teaches women's studies and lesbian studies, has edited and contributed to the first collection of essays that discusses films by and about lesbians. The writers are academics, filmmakers, and activists who debate and explore both lesbian filmmaking by directors Monika Treut, Andrea Weiss, and Greta Schiller, among others, and lesbian audiences of mainstream Hollywood films like Aliens and Red Sonia. The diverse essays are well documented and incorporate film stills and references. Andrea Weiss's Vampires & Violets: Lesbians in Film (Viking, 1993), a history of lesbians in film that describes many of the films discussed here, is a valuable companion to Wilton's book. One of the few books written on lesbians and film, this is recommended for academic libraries supporting film studies or women's and gay/lesbian studies departments.Lisa N. Johnston, Sweet Briar Coll. Lib., Va.\ \
