Path(o)s of Mourning. Memory, Death and the Invisible Body in Derek Jarman’s Blue
The essay addresses two quite complex issues. The first one is the virulence of the hostility toward gay men that the AIDS pandemic has released: this is the backdrop against which Jarman's extended elaboration and mourning for his own death is performed, after his diagnosis as body-positive...
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| description | The essay addresses two quite complex issues. The first one is the virulence of the hostility toward gay men that the AIDS pandemic has released: this is the backdrop against which Jarman's extended elaboration and mourning for his own death is performed, after his diagnosis as body-positive in 1986. The second issue links to the open question of public mourning and its relation to AIDS in the early 90s, when the AIDS epidemic is not at its height, but it is certainly more visible than before, and many artists register the impact of the new sensibility this medical and social emergency actually moulds. Considering a specific time span (the 90s) and focusing mostly on cinema a strategic, privileged arena where gay cultures resist to social and cultural sanctions, this work elaborates on how AIDS as a deathly social and cultural destiny has suggested strategies of mournings that introduce new artistic practices. The analysis is specifically focused on Derek Jarman's last works, culminating in the film Blue (1993). |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ba4b88f35a504e9ab9ad659efba045752023-08-02T09:18:10ZengMilano University PressAltre Modernità2035-76802010-10-0104829210.13130/2035-7680/691630Path(o)s of Mourning. Memory, Death and the Invisible Body in Derek Jarman’s BlueNicoletta Vallorani0Università degli Studi di MilanoThe essay addresses two quite complex issues. The first one is the virulence of the hostility toward gay men that the AIDS pandemic has released: this is the backdrop against which Jarman's extended elaboration and mourning for his own death is performed, after his diagnosis as body-positive in 1986. The second issue links to the open question of public mourning and its relation to AIDS in the early 90s, when the AIDS epidemic is not at its height, but it is certainly more visible than before, and many artists register the impact of the new sensibility this medical and social emergency actually moulds. Considering a specific time span (the 90s) and focusing mostly on cinema a strategic, privileged arena where gay cultures resist to social and cultural sanctions, this work elaborates on how AIDS as a deathly social and cultural destiny has suggested strategies of mournings that introduce new artistic practices. The analysis is specifically focused on Derek Jarman's last works, culminating in the film Blue (1993).https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/AMonline/article/view/691Derek Jarman, AIDS, Blue, path, pathos, Stonewall, GRID, political resistance |
| spellingShingle | Nicoletta Vallorani Path(o)s of Mourning. Memory, Death and the Invisible Body in Derek Jarman’s Blue Altre Modernità Derek Jarman, AIDS, Blue, path, pathos, Stonewall, GRID, political resistance |
| title | Path(o)s of Mourning. Memory, Death and the Invisible Body in Derek Jarman’s Blue |
| title_full | Path(o)s of Mourning. Memory, Death and the Invisible Body in Derek Jarman’s Blue |
| title_fullStr | Path(o)s of Mourning. Memory, Death and the Invisible Body in Derek Jarman’s Blue |
| title_full_unstemmed | Path(o)s of Mourning. Memory, Death and the Invisible Body in Derek Jarman’s Blue |
| title_short | Path(o)s of Mourning. Memory, Death and the Invisible Body in Derek Jarman’s Blue |
| title_sort | path o s of mourning memory death and the invisible body in derek jarman s blue |
| topic | Derek Jarman, AIDS, Blue, path, pathos, Stonewall, GRID, political resistance |
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