Brief Encounter: Sex and Intimacy in Andrew Haigh’s "Weekend"
| Field | Value | Language |
| dc.contributor.author | Sharkey, Grace | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-11-22 | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-11-22 | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013-01-01 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2123/9553 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This thesis is an exploration of the representation of gay male intimacy in Andrew Haigh’s "Weekend" (2011), a film about a brief encounter between two men. The thesis stages a second brief encounter between Haigh’s film and Lauren Berlant’s writing on feeling. Where Berlant’s ideas are originally worked out in relation to the genre of melodrama and the female complaint, I translate her ideas about intimacy and cruel optimism into the space of ordinary gay life as represented in Haigh’s film. | en |
| dc.language.iso | en_AU | en |
| dc.rights | Other | en |
| dc.subject | feeling | en |
| dc.subject | queer film | en |
| dc.subject | ordinariness | en |
| dc.subject | melodrama | en |
| dc.subject | weekend | en |
| dc.subject | Lauren Berlant | en |
| dc.title | Brief Encounter: Sex and Intimacy in Andrew Haigh’s "Weekend" | en |
| dc.type | Thesis | en |
| dc.type.thesis | Honours | en |
| dc.rights.other | The author retains copyright of this thesis. It may only be used for the purposes of research and study. It must not be used for any other purposes and may not be transmitted or shared with others without prior permission. | en |
| usyd.faculty | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, School of Humanities | |
| usyd.department | Department of Gender and Cultural Studies | en |
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