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Law Of Desire: A Queer Film Classic

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Law Of Desire: A Queer Film Classic
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Jose Quiroga
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:155
Dimensions(mm): Height 178,Width 127
Category/GenreFilms and cinema
ISBN/Barcode 9781551522623
ClassificationsDewey:791.4372
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Arsenal Pulp Press
Imprint Arsenal Pulp Press
Publication Date 17 December 2009
Publication Country Canada

Description

One of three new titles released to inaugurate the Queer Film Classics series, which focus on works of particular interest to LGBT audiences. Law of Desire is one of Spanish director Pedro Almodovar's most celebrated films, a tale of love, lust and amnesia, starring Antonio Banderas as an obessive stalker. Author Jopse Quiroga is a Professor of Spanish and Comparative literature and has written extensively on Latino culture and queer studies.

Author Biography

Jose Quiroga is a Professor of Spanish and Comparative Literature at Emory University in Atlanta. He has written extensively on Latin American and Latino popular culture, media, literature, and queer studies. His books include Cuban Palimpsests (University of Minnesota Press, 2005) and Tropics of Desire: Interventions from Queer Latino America (New York University Press, 2001).