"This work examines and critiques the prevalence of "performance spaces" for lesbian identities in films, evaluating how queer femaleness is signified on the screen in contemporary cinema. It studies five films, the women perform their femaleness and their queerness both offstage and on, creating a new kind of female filmic spectacle"--Provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-226) and index.
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Contents
A history of lesbians in the United States and as represented in film -- Click here to belong: Queer community through magazines and Websites -- Refining the concept of queer female performativity -- Getting the couple together: The tropes of glossy films in When Night is Falling -- Sex and violence in the queer female space of Better Than Chocolate -- Queer space and queer costume in Tipping the Velvet -- Formal experimentation and political exploration in Slaves to the Underground -- Danger, strength, and Prey for Rock and Roll.