Heller Hairspray

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-4443-9561-7
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 176 Seiten, E-Book

By reconsidering assumptions about mainstream popular culture andits revolutionary possibilities, author Dana Heller reveals thatJohn Waters' popular 1988 film Hairspray is the director'smost subversive movie.
* Represents the first scholarly work on any of film directorJohn Waters' films
* Incorporates original interview material with the director
* Reveals meanings embedded in the film's narrative treatment ofracial and sexual politics

Autoren/Hrsg.

Heller, Dana

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures.
Acknowledgments.
Introducing Hairspray.
1 The Roots.
2 Tangled Genres: The Teenpic Gets a Makeover.
3 Hair with Body: Corpulence, Unruliness, and CulturalSubversion.
4 Highlighting History: Hairspray's Uses of PopularMemory.
5 More Than 20 Years and Still Holding: The Many Lives ofHairspray.
Notes.
Bibliography.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Dana Heller is Professor and Chair of English at OldDominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. She has written widelyabout elements of popular culture, gay and lesbian studies,consumer culture, television, and almost all things considered"bad" taste.