Curating Deviance : Programming the Queer Film Canon
by
Marc Francis
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
A Camera Obscura Book
ISBN-10
1478033088
ISBN-13
9781478033080
Publisher
Duke University Press
Imprint
Duke University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jan 30th, 2026
Print length
302 Pages
Weight
430 grams
Dimensions
15.00 x 22.90 x 2.00 cms
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A vibrant examination of a cult film that redefined queer identity, tracing its rapid creation and unexpected legacy. The analysis reveals how the film’s striking imagery and shifting reception—through adaptations, Olympic floats, and TV influences—continue to spark conversations about inclusion and progress.
In Curating Deviance, Marc Francis scavenges film history for signs of vibrant, wayward life in the film programming of US art house and repertory cinemas between 1968 and 1989. Francis examines how creative and savvy programmers screened films by the likes of John Waters, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Russ Meyer, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, and a bevy of others in major cities across the United States, forming intertextual constellations in their repertory calendars. These programs allied a dizzying range of sexual and gendered outlaws, including stigmatized practices often overlooked by LGBT-focused queer theory. Curating Deviance reveals how repertory and art cinemas built a coalition of outcasts stigmatized for their taboo desires or identities, rekindling queer utopian imaginaries.
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