Law Of Desire: A Queer Film Classic
By (Author) Jose Quiroga
Arsenal Pulp Press
Arsenal Pulp Press
17th December 2009
Canada
General
Non Fiction
791.4372
Paperback
155
Width 127mm, Height 178mm
171g
One of three new titles released to inaugurate the Queer Film Classics series, which focus on works of particular interest to LGBT audiences. Law of Desire is one of Spanish director Pedro Almodovar's most celebrated films, a tale of love, lust and amnesia, starring Antonio Banderas as an obessive stalker. Author Jopse Quiroga is a Professor of Spanish and Comparative literature and has written extensively on Latino culture and queer studies.
Jos Quiroga is a Professor of Spanish and Comparative Literature at Emory University in Atlanta. He has written extensively on Latin American and Latino popular culture, media, literature, and queer studies. His books include Cuban Palimpsests (University of Minnesota Press, 2005) and Tropics of Desire: Interventions from Queer Latino America (New York University Press, 2001).