Hairspray
Interventions: Studies in Film and Television
1. Auflage Juli 2011
176 Seiten, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
Kurzbeschreibung
Noted film expert and cultural scholar Dana Heller utilizes elements of Hairspray -- including original interview material with John Waters -- to engage readers in thought-provoking discussions about topics ranging from camp and queer theory to gender performance and the body; from debates over postmodern style vs. substance to fandom in popular culture and the history of the American film musical. Heller's insightful examination of Hairspray offers film fans and scholars alike a richly rewarding glimpse into a cultural mirror couched in mainstream escapist entertainment.
By reconsidering assumptions about mainstream popular culture and its revolutionary possibilities, author Dana Heller reveals that John Waters' popular 1988 film Hairspray is the director's most subversive movie.
* Represents the first scholarly work on any of film director John Waters' films
* Incorporates original interview material with the director
* Reveals meanings embedded in the film's narrative treatment of racial and sexual politics
Acknowledgments.
Introducing Hairspray.
1 The Roots.
2 Tangled Genres: The Teenpic Gets a Makeover.
3 Hair with Body: Corpulence, Unruliness, and Cultural Subversion.
4 Highlighting History: Hairspray's Uses of Popular Memory.
5 More Than 20 Years and Still Holding: The Many Lives of Hairspray.
Notes.
Bibliography.
Index.
