Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
2012
Published In
Teaching Film
Series Title
Options For Teaching
Abstract
In lieu of an abstract, this is the article's introductory paragraph:
One of the most exciting dimensions of teaching film (and popular culture) is learning what students already know and then generating an informed and critical epistemology from the familiar. Teaching LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) representation in film and media presents rich opportunities to build on student familiarity — with such mainstream breakthroughs as Ang Lee’s Brokeback Mountain (2006) and Queer Eye for the Straight Guy (2003-07) — and to formalize the knowledge and challenge the assumptions that students have about LGBT history, lives, and struggles for representation. With the commercial success of gay-themed work and the acceptance of such out celebrities as Ellen Degeneres, the recent past is a teachable moment of both social transformation and market logic, and students of diverse backgrounds have illuminating perspectives on and important stakes in making sense of it. By focusing on film and media by and about LGBT producers, teachers can connect questions of political and aesthetic representation and expose students to independent media sources.
Published By
Modern Language Association Of America
Editor(s)
L. Fischer And P. Petro
Recommended Citation
Patricia White. (2012). "Teaching Queer Cinema With Independent Media". Teaching Film. 63-73.
https://works.swarthmore.edu/fac-film-media/32
Comments
Used with permission from the Modern Language Association of America.