Female Trouble: A Queer Film Classic in Bloomington, MN

A Queer Film Classic on cinematic camp icon John Waters' 1974 dark comedy, starring the legendary Divine as Dawn Davenport, a young troublemaker who embarks on a mind-bending journey in a world "where crime and beauty are the same." Chris Holmlund's book examines the film's camp aethestic and its position in the history of independent film that also includes Waters' infamous 1972 film
Pink Flamingos
.
Chris Holmlund
is a Professor of Film, Women's Studies and French at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. Her previous books include
American Cinema of the 1990s
(Rutgers UniversityPress) and
Impossible Bodies
(Routledge).