Queering Contemporary French Popular Cinema Images and their Reception

«‘Queering Contemporary French Popular Cinema’ is a very welcome and important contribution to French film studies, which combines qualitative audience research with textual analysis in a readable and dynamic study.» (Guy Austin, Newcastle University; Author of ‘Contemporary French Cinema’)



«Analyzing a corpus of films that engage questions of gay and queer identity, including works by François Ozon, Cédric Klapisch, the team of Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau, Alain Berliner, and others, ‘Queering Contemporary French Popular Cinema’ engages questions of ‘queer theory’ from both sides of the Atlantic as it relates to the cinema. Additionally, the work develops an in-depth empirical approach to audience reception of these films. The study will be of interest to students and researchers in French studies, film studies, and GLBTQ issues.» (Lawrence R. Schehr, University of Illinois)



«‘Queering Contemporary French Popular Cinema’ is a thorough investigation of cinema and sexualities in France which deftly combines audience research with theoretical debates in queer studies.» (Bill Marshall, University of Stirling)