The Androgyny That Has Fallen to Earth
Abstract
In 1998, American director Todd Haynes decided to make Velvet Goldmine, the film shot as a tribute and elegy of glam rock, one of the most progressive, transgressive and creative moments in the history of pop-culture. One of major New Queer Cinema artists, Haynes portrayed glam rock from the perspective of queer theory, and concentrated first of all on androgyny, the creature transgressing all categories based on the binary system. Kosińska analyses the film and its androgynous heroes, citing the categories of camp and Judith Butler’s theories on performative gender constitution.
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Todd Haynes, New Queer Cinema, glam rock, gender, queerReferences
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Karolina Kosińskakwartalnik.filmowy@ispan.pl
Institute of Art, Polish Academy of Sciences Poland
Absolwentka kulturoznawstwa (specjalność filmoznawcza) w Instytucie Sztuk Audiowizualnych Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego. Pracę magisterską dotyczącą form buntu w kinie brytyjskim obroniła pod kierunkiem prof. dr. hab. Tadeusza Lubelskiego w 2002 roku. Od 2003 roku redaktorka „Kwartalnika Filmowego”.
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