“I am what I am. I am my own special creation”. The trans-genre soundtrack of Paris Is Burning

The purpose of this essay is to highlight and comment on the importance of musical presence within Jennie Livingston's documentary film Paris is Burning (1990), a pivotal film of the cinematographic moment of New Queer Cinema. Despite multiple analyses, from Judith Butler in Bodies That Matters...

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Main Author: Costanza Rovetta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Bologna 2020-12-01
Series:Cinergie
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Online Access:https://cinergie.unibo.it/article/view/10408