Queer Bergman : sexuality, gender, and the European art cinema /

Foregrounding a fundamental aspect of the Swedish auteur's work that has been routinely ignored, as well as highlighting the vibrant connection between postwar American queer culture and European art cinema, this book offers a pioneering reading of Bergman's films as profoundly queer work.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Humphrey, Daniel (Author)
Format: Government Document Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2013
Edition:First edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : Ingmar Bergman and the foreign self
  • "Foreign and refreshing" : the art cinema's queer allure
  • The cultural construction of a Cold War auteur : discourse and counterdiscourse
  • The uncanny undefined
  • Staring down gender : "caught between the shame of looking and the shame of being ashamed to do so"
  • Conclusion.