Queer Looks

by Martha Gever, Pratibha Parmar, John Greyson

Queer Looks is a collection of writing by video artists, filmmakers, and critics which explores the recent explosion of lesbian and gay independent media culture. A compelling compilation of artists' statements and critical theory, producer interviews and image-text works, this anthology demonstrates the vitality of queer artists under attack and fighting back. Each maker and writer deploys a surprising array of techniques and tactics, negotiating the difficult terrain between street pragmatism and theoretical inquiry, finding voices rich in chutzpah and subtlety. From guerilla Super-8 in Manila to AIDS video activism in New York, Queer Looks zooms in on this very queer place in media culture, revealing a wealth of strategies, a plurality of aesthetics, and an artillary of resistances.

Genres: LGBT, Film, Queer, Nonfiction

430 pages, Paperback

First published September 20, 1993

Reviews

[Kjerstin]

This book is huge and wonderfully varied in the styles of articles it includes. My biggest problem has been getting my hands on the films they discuss in here, a problem that makes me determined to find a way to make small cinema more accessible to whoevs wants to be exposed to it. so I'm not letting myself read about Isaac Julien's next movie until I get a copy from the man himself if need be. And only after I watch it, send it to all my friends and discuss it, will I read what this book has to say. so its taking me awhile to get through.