Queer Nostalgia In Cinema And Pop Culture

Queer Nostalgia In Cinema And Pop Culture Explores Popular Representations Of Queer Nostalgia In Films, Animation And Music Videos As Means Of Empowerment, Re-evaluating And Recreating Lost Gay Youth, Coming To Terms With Ones Sexual Otherness And Homoerotic Desires, Celebrating Queer Counterculture, And Creatively Challenging Homophobia, Chauvinism, Ageism And Racism. In Particular, Queer Nostalgia Engages In A Critical Discussion Of Nostalgia-in-motion, The Significance Of 'femininostlagia' (gay Mens Effeminate Nostalgia), The Intricate Relationship Between Queer Nostalgia, Martyrdom And Emergent Queer Mythology, The Contribution Of Nostalgia To 'autoqueerography' (queer Autobiography Inspired By Womens Dissident Autobiography Or 'autogynography'), And The Interrelationship Between Ethnic And Queer Nostalgias.