Title: Critical queer studies : law, film, and fiction in contemporary American culture /
Authors: Charles, Casey, 1951-
Publisher: Ashgate Pub.,
Year: 2012
Subjects: Homophobia Law and legislation United States.; Gays Legal status, laws, etc. United States; Gay rights United States; Homosexuality Law and legislation United States; Hate crimes United States; Transgender youth Violence against United States.
Abstract: "Critical Queer Studies examines contemporary films and documentaries that dramatize the intersection of law and queer life, analyzing the effects of legal doctrine--jury selection, unwanted sexual advance, negligence, hate crimes, and gay marriage--on the production and reception of queer film and fiction."--Page 4 of cover.
Contents: A jury of one's queers : revisiting the Dan White trial -- Panic in the project -- Queer torts : gender trans-gression in the Brandon Teena case -- The imagined power : the specter of hate crime in Brokeback Mountain -- Queer exposures : making the reel real in Van Sant's Milk -- Conclusion : toward a queer political aesthetic.