The Perils of Pedagogy: The Works of John Greyson

Whether Addressing Hiv/aids, The Policing Of Bathroom Sex, Censorship, Or Anti-globalization Movements, John Greyson Has Imbued His Work With Cutting Humour, Eroticism, And Postmodern Aesthetics. Mashing Up High Art, Opera, Community Activism, And Pop Culture, Greyson Challenges His Audience To Consider New Ways That Images Can Intervene In Both Political And Public Spheres.emerging On The Toronto Scene In The Late 1970s, Greyson Has Produced An Eclectic, Provocative, And Award-winning Body Of Work In Film And Video. The Essays In The Perils Of Pedagogy Range From Personal Meditations To Provocative Textual Readings To Studies Of The Historical Contexts In Which The Artist's Works Intervened Politically As Well As Artistically. Notable Writers From A Range Of Disciplines As Well As Prominent Experimental And Activist Filmmakers Tackle Questions Of Documentary Ethics, Moving Image Activism, And Queer Coalitional Politics Raised By Greyson's Work. Close To One Hundred Frame Captures And Stills From Almost Sixty Works, Along With Articles, Speeches, And Short Scripts By Greyson - Several Never Before Published - Supplement The Collection.celebrating Thirty Years Of Passionate, Brilliant, And Affecting Moviemaking, The Perils Of Pedagogy Will Fascinate Both Specialists And General Readers Interested In Media Activism And Advocacy, Censorship, And Freedom Of Expression.--publisher's Website. Introduction / Brenda Longfellow, Scott Mackenzie, And Thomas Waugh. -- Part 1: Historical Contexts, Queer Activism. Notes On Greyzone / Thomas Waugh ; Solidarity In Motion: Manzana Por Manzana And To Pick Is Notto Choose / Chuck Kleinhans ; Tell A Story, Save A Life (montage 1987-89) / Douglas Crimp ; Buggering John Greyson / Cindy Patton ; John Greyson's After The Bath, Moral Panic, And Interpublic Address / Vincent Doyle. --^ Part 2: Obsessions. John Greyson's Queer Internationalism / Richard Fung ; Parsing The Transnational In John Greyson's Queer Cinema: Proteus,fig Trees, Covered, And Hey Elton / Chris E. Gittings ; Fables Of Empire: The Intimate Histories Of John Greyson / Susan Lord ; And Now For Something Completely Dissident: The Parodichistorical And Archival Necrology Of John Greyson / Scott Mackenzie ; Froth And Its Uses / Gary Kibbins ; Greyson, Grierson, Godard, God: Reflections On The Cinemaof John Greyson (2002) / Christine Ramsay ; Strike A Pose: Notes Towards Queering Tableau And Temporalityin The Work Of John Greyson / Kass Banning ; Audio Visual Judo / Mike Hoolboom ; God Is A Lesbian, Says John / Deirdre Logue. --^ Part 3: In His Own Words.^ The Boxboys (from The Body Politic, September 1979) / John Greyson ; Fact And Fiction (from The Body Politic, November 1979) / John Greyson ; Skirting The Issue (from The Body Politic, April 1981) / John Greyson ; Queer Behind The Curtain: Interview With John Greyson(from The Body Politic, October 1985) / Tim Mccaskell ; Parma Violets (from Urinal And Other Stories, [1988] 1993) / John Greyson ; Still Searching (from A Leap In The Dark: Aids, Art & Contemporarycultures, 1992) / John Greyson ; Security Blankets: Sex, Video, And The Police (from Queer Looks:perspectives On Lesbian And Gay Film And Video, 1993) / John Greyson ; The Coconut Strategy: Shape-shifting In Filmmaking (from Montage,fall 2001) / John Greyson ; Something Always Seems To Go Wrong Somewhere: Eisenstein At Thebarricades, Pasolini At The Baths (from Public 25 [2002]) / John Greyson ; The Singing Dunes: Colin Campbell, 1943-2001 (from C Magazine, 2002) / John Greyson ; Pils Slip (from Vertigo,^ Autumn 2005) / John Greyson ; Everett Klippert: A Musical Waiting To Happen (unpublished, 2005) / John Greyson ; A Whore On Terror: Several Quodlibets (unpublished, 2006) / John Greyson ; Waiting For Gaydot (unpublished, 2009) / John Greyson. --^ Part 4: The Film. Defending Desire: Direct(ing) Gay Male Sex (1996) / Chris Straayer ; On The Uses And Disadvantages Of A History Of The Other: An Untimelymeditation (1995) / John Champagne ; Nice Gun You've Got There: John Greyson's Critiqueof Masculinity (1992) / Laura U. Marks ; Bash Back, Baby, Your Life Depends On It: Pedagogical Responses To Anti-gay Violence In John Greyson's The Making Of Monsters / Susan Knabe And Wendy Gay Pearson ; Zero Patience, The Musical / Kay Armatage ; But ... It's So Beautiful: Collective Fantasy In Lilies / Shannon Brownlee ; Three Peters And An Obsession With Pierre:intellectual Property In John Greyson's Un©ut / Martin Zeilinger And Rosemary J.^ Coombe ; Counting Time In The Law Of Enclosures / Peter Dickinson ; Queer Anachronism And National Memory In Proteus / Roger Hallas ; Ten Propositions On Operatic Subversions And The Charge Of The Real In John Greyson's Fig Trees / Brenda Longfellow ; Thoughts On Fig Trees (2003) / Bongani Ndodana-breen ; Opera Games (2003) / David Wall. Edited By Brenda Longfellow, Scott Mackenzie, And Thomas Waugh. Includes Reprints Of Texts By John Greyson. Includes Bibliographical References, Filmography, And Index. Issued Also In Electronic Formats.