{"product_id":"law-of-desire-9781551522623","title":"Law of Desire","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"This series will be a significant, valuable contribution to the history and literature of gay cinema. Each of these works will be valuable additions for academic and popular students of film and gay culture.\"--\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eLaw of Desire\u003c\/i\u003e, one of three inaugural titles in Arsenal Pulp Press' new film book series Queer Film Classics, focuses on the 1987 homoerotic melodrama by Pedro Almod var, Spain's most successful contemporary film director.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe film \u003ci\u003eLaw of Desire\u003c\/i\u003e is a grand tale of love, lust, and amnesia featuring three main characters: a gay film director (played by Eusebio Poncela); his sister, an actress who was once his brother (Carmen Maura); and a repressed, obsessive stalker (a young Antonio Banderas). In the twenty-plus years since its first release, \u003ci\u003eLaw of Desire\u003c\/i\u003e has been acknowledged as redefining the way in which cinema can portray the difficult affective relationships between homosexuality, gender, and sex. Taking his cue from the golden age of Latin American, American, and European melodrama, Almod var created a sentimental yet hard-edged film that believes in the utopian possibilities for new relationships that redeem people from their despair. Since its release, Almod var has become an Oscar-winning filmmaker who regularly delves into issues of sexuality, gender, and identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book examines the political and social context in which Almod var created \u003ci\u003eLaw of Desire\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as its impact on LGBT cinema both in Europe and around the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJos\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e Quiroga\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of Spanish and Comparative Literature at Emory University in Atlanta.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Queer Film Classics series, starting this fall, consists of critical yet populist monographs on classic films of interest to LGBT audiences written by esteemed film scholars and critics.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJosé Quiroga is a Professor of Spanish and Comparative Literature at Emory University in Atlanta. He has written extensively on Latin American and Latino popular culture, media, literature, and queer studies. His books include Cuban Palimpsests (University of Minnesota Press, 2005) and Tropics of Desire: Interventions from Queer Latino America (New York University Press, 2001).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Arsenal Pulp Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50420044726546,"sku":"9781551522623","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6de0d91d-c59c-41f0-9cac-8e2994867945.jpg?v=1729488557","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/law-of-desire-9781551522623","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}