"Powered by the subversive energies of the new queer politics this wide-ranging and challenging collection brings together the writers and essays that have staked out a new and distinctive lesbian and gay perspective on film, video and representation. A rich feast of a book and essential reading for cultural studies"---Stuart Hall<BR><BR>Queer-Looks adds an important new volume to the growing body of literature on gay and lesbian media Affording refreshing perspectives from new and established writers film-and video-makers, Queer Looks provides challenging commentary, enlightened dialogue, and essential history across a global spectrum---Ira Silverberg<BR><BR>Queer Looks brings together, for the first time critical reflections on and explorations of the phenomenal developments in recent gay and lesbian independent film and video Artists activists, and critics/theorists stake out exciting new sites to think and rethink how `queer looks make a difference---and the difference in question encompasses the complex and sometimes contra-dictory dynamics of sexuality in relation to race, gender, and nation. This book serves both as a wonderful introduction to lesbian/gay media, and as an indispensible resource for specialists---Judith Mayne