In Curating Deviance, Marc Francis scavenges film history for signs of vibrant, wayward life in the film programming of US art house and repertory cinemas between 1968 and 1989. Francis examines how creative and savvy programmers screened films by the likes of John Waters, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Russ Meyer, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, and a bevy of others in major cities across the United States, forming intertextual constellations in their repertory calendars.
These programs allied a dizzying range of sexual and gendered outlaws, including stigmatized practices often overlooked by LGBT-focused queer theory. Curating Deviance reveals how repertory and art cinemas built a coalition of outcasts stigmatized for their taboo desires or identities, rekindling queer utopian imaginaries.
| ISBN: | 9781478029632 |
| Publication date: | 17th February 2026 |
| Author: | Marc Francis |
| Publisher: | Duke University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 302 pages |
| Series: | A Camera Obscura Book |
| Genres: |
Film history, theory or criticism Sex and sexuality, social aspects LGBTQ+ Studies / topics |
In Curating Deviance, Marc Francis scavenges film history for signs of vibrant, wayward life in the film programming of US art house and repertory cinemas between 1968 and 1989. Francis examines how creative and savvy programmers screened films by the likes of John Waters, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Russ Meyer, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, and a bevy of others in major cities across the United States, forming intertextual constellations in their repertory calendars.
Curating Deviance features in the following genres: Film history, theory or criticism, Sex and sexuality, social aspects, LGBTQ+ Studies / topics
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Curating Deviance was written by Marc Francis and published by Duke University Press
Curating Deviance has 302 pages
Yes it is part of A Camera Obscura Book series