Description: An examination of the field of queer theory and its relevance to the film Brokeback Mountain
Brief description: Matthew Tinkcom is Associate Professor of Communication, Culture and Technology and Affiliate Faculty of English at Georgetown University, USA. He is the author of Working Like a Homosexual: Camp: Capital, Cinema and Grey Gardens, co-editor of Key Frames: Popular Cinema and Cultural Studies as well as articles that have appeared in Cinema Journal, South Atlantic Quarterly and collections from Duke University Press and the British Film Institute. He has served as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar and Director of the Program in American Studies.
Review Quotes: Queer Theory and Brokeback Mountain deftly accomplishes a formidable, vital achievement: unpacking the often opaque tenets of queer theory in the service of illuminating the dynamic and contradictory cultural dialogue sparked by this landmark film. This eloquent, rigorous, and approachable volume places the film within the larger discourses of genre and reception studies while anticipating future priorities for queer media and scholarship.
Jamie Poster, Professor of Film Studies, Irvine Valley College, USA