Dr. Damon Young

Biography

Damon R. Young is an Associate Professor at the University of California, Berkeley, specializing in Film Media Theory, Global Art Cinema, Gender Sexuality Studies, Cultural Studies, Contemporary Media, Critical Theory, and Digital Media Studies. His research focuses on the intersection of queer sexualities and film aesthetics, particularly in the context of French cinema from the late 1950s to the present. Young's book, 'Making Sex Public: Cinematic Fantasies' (Duke University Press, 2018), scrutinizes the ways in which women's queer sexualities have shaped cinematic representation and cultural narratives. He is currently working on a project titled 'After Private Self,' which investigates how various media forms, ranging from written diaries to Instagram, influence the construction of subjectivity in the modern and postmodern context. Young is also a member of the Bully Bloggers collective and engages in critical discussions about media and sexuality, as highlighted in his interview with Film Quarterly. Through his work, he strives to illuminate the complexities of identity and representation in contemporary media.

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