Hairspray

By reconsidering assumptions about mainstream popular culture and its revolutionary possibilities, author Dana Heller reveals that John Waters’ popular 1988 film <i>Hairspray</i> is the director’s most subversive movie. <ul> <li>Represents the first scholarly work on any of film director John Waters’ films</li> <li>Incorporates original interview material with the director</li> <li>Reveals meanings embedded in the film’s narrative treatment of racial and sexual politics</li> </ul>