Gentlemen of the Shade
My Own Private Idaho
by Jen Sookfong Lee
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Pub Date Jun 13 2017 | Archive Date Mar 30 2017
Description
Gus Van Sant’s film and the ’90s cult of the alternative
Gus Van Sant’s 1991 indie darling My Own Private Idaho perplexed and provoked, inspiring a new ethos for a new decade: being different was better than being good. Gentlemen of the Shade examines how the film was a coming-of-age for a generation of young people who would embrace the alternative and bring their outsider perspectives to sustainability, technology, gender constructs, and social responsibility.
My Own Private Idaho — fragmented and saturated with colour and dirt and a painfully beautiful masculinity — also crept into popular media, and its influence can still be traced. Referencing the often-funny and sometimes-tragic cultural touchstones of the past 26 years, Gentlemen of the Shade sets the film as social bellwether for the many outsiders who were looking to join the right, or any, revolution.
A Note From the Publisher
- Pop culture fans, and readers of the Pop Classics series
- Readers interested in LGBTQ representation
- GenXers and those who came of age in the 1990s
Advance Praise
My Own Private Idaho — fragmented and saturated with colour and dirt and a painfully beautiful masculinity — also crept into popular media, and its influence can still be traced. R.E.M. Portlandia. Hipsterism. James Franco.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781770413139 |
| PRICE | CA$16.99 (CAD) |
| PAGES | 128 |
