Anima animus: Jennifer Jason Leigh's bisexual method in Last Exit to Brooklyn

This essay explores Jennifer Jason Leigh’s portrayal of the young prostitute Tralala in Last Exit to Brooklyn (Uli Edel, 1989) as a case study in performance style that can be usefully understood as bisexual. Drawing firstly upon Joan Riviere’s concept of womanliness as a masquerade, it examines how...

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Main Author: Ian Murphy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University College Cork 2012-12-01
Series:Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media
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Online Access:http://www.alphavillejournal.com/Issue 4/HTML/ArticleMurphy.html