Furtive, steady glances: on the emergence and cultural politics of lesbian & gay film festivals

This dissertation charts the emergence of lesbian and gay film festivals in the United States and Canada, their meanings and politics, through the specific discursive contexts in which the festivals are embedded. I argue that while general international f...

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Main Author: Zielinski, Gerald James
Other Authors: William O Straw (Internal/Supervisor)
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Language:en
Published: McGill University 2009
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spelling ndltd-LACETR-oai-collectionscanada.gc.ca-QMM.323882014-02-13T03:54:02ZFurtive, steady glances: on the emergence and cultural politics of lesbian & gay film festivalsZielinski, Gerald JamesCommunications And The Arts - CinemaThis dissertation charts the emergence of lesbian and gay film festivals in the United States and Canada, their meanings and politics, through the specific discursive contexts in which the festivals are embedded. I argue that while general international film festivals operate within a very well defined network, the added categories of minority sexuality and community crucially and fundamentally change the relationship of the films screened to the festival, films and festival to audience, and the festival to any network of distribution. The aim is then to explore those changes and differences through a comparative analysis of selected film festivals organized around categories of minority sexual identities. I argue that the lesbian and gay film festival poses a unique set of histories and structures that differ significantly from the general international film festival. The main case studies include festivals in Montreal, New York City, San Francisco and Toronto.Cette thèse décrit l'émergence des festivals du cinéma lesbien et gai aux États-Unis et au Canada, leurs significations et leurs dimensions politiques, à travers les contextes discursifs particuliers dans lesquels les festivals sont intégrés. Je propose que, si les festivals internationaux à caractère général opèrent dans des réseaux très bien définis, dans le cas des festivals organisés sur la base des catégories de sexualités minoritaires et de leurs communautés, la relation des films projetés au festival, les films du festival et aux spectateurs et aux spectatrices, et le festival à n'importe quel réseau de distribution de films, changent fondamentalement. Le but de la thèse est alors d'explorer ces changements et ces différences à travers une analyse comparative de certains festivals de cinéma organisés autour de catégories d'identités sexuelles minoritaires. Je propose que les festivals du cinéma gai et lesbien offrent un ensemble unique d'histoires et de structures qui diffèrent fondamentalement de celles des grands festivals de film internationaux. Les cas principaux étudiés ici sont des festivals à Montréal, New York, San Francisco et Toronto.McGill UniversityWilliam O Straw (Internal/Supervisor)2009Electronic Thesis or Dissertationapplication/pdfenElectronically-submitted theses.All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated.Doctor of Philosophy (Department of Art History and Communications Studies) http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=32388
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Zielinski, Gerald James
Furtive, steady glances: on the emergence and cultural politics of lesbian & gay film festivals
description This dissertation charts the emergence of lesbian and gay film festivals in the United States and Canada, their meanings and politics, through the specific discursive contexts in which the festivals are embedded. I argue that while general international film festivals operate within a very well defined network, the added categories of minority sexuality and community crucially and fundamentally change the relationship of the films screened to the festival, films and festival to audience, and the festival to any network of distribution. The aim is then to explore those changes and differences through a comparative analysis of selected film festivals organized around categories of minority sexual identities. I argue that the lesbian and gay film festival poses a unique set of histories and structures that differ significantly from the general international film festival. The main case studies include festivals in Montreal, New York City, San Francisco and Toronto. === Cette thèse décrit l'émergence des festivals du cinéma lesbien et gai aux États-Unis et au Canada, leurs significations et leurs dimensions politiques, à travers les contextes discursifs particuliers dans lesquels les festivals sont intégrés. Je propose que, si les festivals internationaux à caractère général opèrent dans des réseaux très bien définis, dans le cas des festivals organisés sur la base des catégories de sexualités minoritaires et de leurs communautés, la relation des films projetés au festival, les films du festival et aux spectateurs et aux spectatrices, et le festival à n'importe quel réseau de distribution de films, changent fondamentalement. Le but de la thèse est alors d'explorer ces changements et ces différences à travers une analyse comparative de certains festivals de cinéma organisés autour de catégories d'identités sexuelles minoritaires. Je propose que les festivals du cinéma gai et lesbien offrent un ensemble unique d'histoires et de structures qui diffèrent fondamentalement de celles des grands festivals de film internationaux. Les cas principaux étudiés ici sont des festivals à Montréal, New York, San Francisco et Toronto.
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