Queer Timing: The Emergence of Lesbian Sexuality in Early Cinema

Abstract

balloon in 1783 was accompanied with fireworks; flight has always been presented as a spectacle and entertainment (121). Aeroscopics: Media of the Bird’s-Eye View is an elegantly written, deftly structured and important contribution to visual studies. The aerial perspective on our surroundings was of widespread and lively public interest for a century before the first world war as Ellis’ research and discussion make clear. If it is indeed the case that a disenchantment with aerial vision as an instrument of power projection set in with the advent of war – Ellis recovers the original excitement of this visuality in its enactment of absorption and curiosity. In a contemporary moment as aeroscopic moving images of conflict landscapes are widely shared on social media platforms, this book is timely and relevant.