Download or read book Hairspray written by Dana Heller and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-04-18 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By reconsidering assumptions about mainstream popular culture and its revolutionary possibilities, author Dana Heller reveals that John Waters' popular 1988 film Hairspray is the director's most subversive movie. Represents the first scholarly work on any of film director John Waters' films Incorporates original interview material with the director Reveals meanings embedded in the film's narrative treatment of racial and sexual politics