Between the Sheets, In the Streets Queer, Lesbian, Gay Documentary Chris Holmlund and Cynthia Fuchs, editors		$33.00 paper ISBN: 0-8166-2775-4 ISBN-13: 978-0-8166-2775-2
The first book to focus on the connections between sexuality, activism, and documentary film. From film festivals to university campuses, from private homes to first-run theaters, people everywhere are viewing and discussing gay, lesbian, queer, bisexual, and transgender films and videos. Between the Sheets, In the Streets considers these videos and films, testifying to the unavoidable connections between sexuality (the sheets) and activism (the streets) for all who identify as gay, lesbian, or queer in the 1990s. This first collection of essays to focus exclusively on queer, lesbian, and gay documentary argues that documentary films and videos speak with a sense of political and social urgency, acting as testaments to the importance of reclaiming history and asserting the importance of these points of view. Among the topics discussed are representations of young queers on such shows as MTV's The Real World; pre-Stonewall films; portrayals of lesbians and aging; video activism in Oregon and the South; and the works of Derek Jarman, Su Friedrich, Cheryl Dunye, and Sadie Benning. A range of films and videos is examined, including Strangers in Good Company, Paris Is Burning, Juggling Gender, Silverlake Life, and Without You I'm Nothing. Tracing an exhilarating range of perspectives and subject positions, Between the Sheets, In the Streets is an essential guide to current developments in queer, lesbian, and gay documentary. "With this anthology, Fuchs and Holmlund perform two key missions: they bring a much-needed specificity to discussions of gay and lesbian film/video culture and at the same time bring a long-overdue queer perspective to bear on contemporary documentary. An eminently useful collection." —B. Ruby Rich "If you're interested in queer film, Between the Sheets, In the Streets will introduce you to the best and brightest, and explain what they're up to. Between the Sheets, In the Streets will make you look more critically at all documentaries, and will whet your appetite for those queer documentaries that do come your way." —Lambda Book Report "This major collection of essays compiled by Holmlund and Fuchs is the first to focus on the connection between the sexuality of queer cinema and the social activism of documentary film. These essays add a new dimension to two potentially rich fields of study." —Library Journal Chris Holmlund is associate professor in the Department of Romance and Asian Languages at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Cynthia Fuchs is associate professor of English/film and media studies at George Mason University. 304 pages | 1997 Visible Evidence Series, volume 1 Contents: Markers Ronald Gregg, Queer Representation and Oregon's 1992 Anti-Gay Ballot Measure: Measuring the Politics of Mainstreaming Chris Cagle, Imaging the Queer South: Southern Lesbian and Gay Documentary Erika Suderburg, Real/Young/TV Queer Memories Linda Dittmar, Of Hags and Crones: Reclaiming Lesbian Desire for the Trouble Zone of Aging Marc Siegel, Documentary That Dare/Not Speak Its Name: Jack Smith's Flaming Creatures Thomas Waugh, Walking on Tippy Toes: Lesbian and Gay Liberation Documentary of the Post-Stonewall Period 1969-1984 Marriage and Mourning Chris Holmlund, When Autobiography Meets Ethnography and Girl Meets Girl: The "Dyke Docs" of Sadie Benning and Su Friedrich Beverly Seckinger and Janet Jakobsen, Love, Death and Videotape: Silverlake Life Justin Wyatt, Autobiography, Home Movies, and Derek Jarman's History Lesson Mirrors Lynda Goldstein, Getting into Lesbian Shorts: White Spectators and Performative Documentaries by Makers of Color Cynthia Fuchs, "Hard to Believe": Reality Anxieties in Without You I'm Nothing, Paris is Burning, and "Dunyementaries". Chris Straayer, Transgender Mirrors: Queering Sexual Difference Kathleen McHugh, Irony and Dissembling: Queer Tactics for Experimental Documentary Lynda McAfee, Film and Videography