Thinking Straight: Queer Imaging in Lino Brocka’s Maynila (1975)

Issue: Volume 09 Issue 02
Theme: Queer Media and Representations
Type of Article: Main Article Authors: David, Joel DOI: https://doi.org/10.52518/2013.9.2-02dvd APA Reference Entry:

David, J. (2012). Thinking straight: Queer imaging in Lino Brocka’s Maynila (1975). Plaridel, 9(2), 21-40. https://doi.org/10.52518/2013.9.2-02dvd

 August 2012 · Volume No.: 9 Issue No.: 2 Editor: Tolentino, Rolando B Marcos eraMaynila (1975)Philippine cinemapostcolonialityqueerness

Abstract

The separation in so-called public political discourse and private identity issues attained recent cultural cutting-edge status in the articulation of gender issues. In view of the artificiality of disciplinary boundaries, this paper seeks to evaluate the potential of queer politics (focused on gay-male practice) within the exploratory terms provided by a major city film, Lino Brocka’s Maynila: Sa mga kuko ng liwanag (1975), produced during martial rule. The area of application of this analysis will be Philippine popular culture, in consideration of the country’s position as a post-colonized territory that had set up a dictatorial regime to facilitate neocolonial control by the US.

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