The Sexuality of Space: St Mary Magdalen’s Home Movies by William Brown, University of Roehampton, London

Citation

Elliott-Smith D (2017) The Sexuality of Space: St Mary Magdalen’s Home Movies by William Brown, University of Roehampton, London. Review of: The Sexuality of Space: St Mary Magdalen’s Home Movies by William Brown University of Roehampton, London. [in]Transition: Journal of Videographic Film and Moving Image Studies, 4 (4). http://mediacommons.org/intransition/2018/01/10/sexuality-space-st-mary-magdalen-s-home-movies

Abstract
First paragraph: Brown’s experimental audio-visual investigation into the queer spaces of Magdalen College, Oxford presents a thrillingly diverse collection of cinematic and televisual depictions of the, often overlooked, rear of the college buildings themselves. Extending on Beatriz Colomina’s edited collection of 1992 that considers ‘space’ and its relationship to sexuality, Brown’s queer fusion of excerpts ranges from the obvious examples in classic British film and television: Brideshead Revisited (2008), Shadowlands (1993), The History Boys (2006) and Maurice (1987), to wider global appropriations of ‘Oxbridge-porn’ as seen in Purab aur Paschim (1970) and more contemporary televisual parodies like Charlie Brooker’s Weekly Wipe (2015).

Journal
[in]Transition: Journal of Videographic Film and Moving Image Studies: Volume 4, Issue 4

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Dr Darren Elliott-Smith

Senior Lecturer in Film & Gender Studies, Communications, Media and Culture