Overview

"Derek Jarman's films explore the possibilities and limitations of same-sex love and self-expression during various historical eras, ranging from ancient Egypt to present times. His work covers a millennium of sexual repression and efforts to escape it. Jarman provides us with a cinematic history of people whose homoerotic passions had a major impact on western civilization in religion, art, politics, philosophy, and war. This book provides background information on each of Jarman's fifteen scripts and films. The chapters are ""program notes"" to his films from a historical perspective. An interpretation of Jarman's intentions, gleaned from the director's writings and works about him, is also provided. This work reveals Jarman's importance as a keen student of the limits of historical knowledge, and delineates the role of history in inspiring change or preserving inertia in the present struggle against homophobia."

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Author:   William Pencak
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.308kg
ISBN:  

9780786414307

ISBN 10:   0786414308
Pages:   213
Publication Date:   05 November 2002
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Preface      Introduction      Akenaten: A Queer Pharaoh?     The Garden: The Relevance of a Queer Jesus     Sebastiane: Early Christianity and the Roman Empire     Edward II: From the Middle Ages to the Renaissance     Caravaggio and the Italian Renaissance     The Angelic Conversation: Queer Dee and Shakespeare?     The Tempest: From the Renaissance to the Present     Wittgenstein: The Grey Flame and the Early Twentieth Century     War Requiem: The Long Shadow of the Great War     Jubilee without John Dee? Modern Times     The Last of England: Modern Times Revisited     Neutron and Sod ’Em: Possible Futures     Blue: “Our Time Is the Passing of a Shadow”     Afterword: Imagining October     Appendix: Pier Paolo Pasolini, Jarman’s Predecessor     Notes     Works Cited     Principal Films Discussed     Index    

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recommended --<i>Choice</i>; an excellent, stimulating book...every nook and cranny is worth exploring --<i>Film & History.</i>

“recommended”—Choice; “an excellent, stimulating book...every nook and cranny is worth exploring”—Film & History.

Author Information

William Pencak is a professor of history at the Pennsylvania State University and co-editor of the essay collection Paul Robeson: Essays on His Life and Legacy (2002). He lives in State College, Pennsylvania.

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