Precarious Intimacies The Politics of Touch in Contemporary Western European Cinema

"This book interrogates the politics and aesthetics of intimacy in European cinema through the lens of precarity"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stehle, Maria
Other Authors: Weber, Beverly
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago Northwestern University Press 2020, 2020
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Collection: JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Politics of Intimacy in Contemporary European Cinema
  • Chapter 1. Touching Journeys: Precarious Intimacies and Narratives of Nonarrival
  • Chapter 2. Touch as Narrative Disruption: Race, Gender, and Queering Intimacy
  • Chapter 3. Religion, Sexuality, and Precarious Intimacy
  • Chapter 4. Commodified Intimacy in a Globalizing Europe
  • Chapter 5. White Fragility and the White Gaze: Race, Gender, and Neoliberalism
  • Chapter 6. Conclusion: Precarious Intimacies, Collaborations, and Solidarities
  • Notes
  • Filmography
  • Bibliography
  • Includes bibliographical references and index