Precarious Intimacies: The Politics of Touch in Contemporary Western European Cinema

by Maria Stehle and Beverly Weber

Drawing on and responding to the writings of theorists such as Judith Butler, Sarah Ahmed, Lauren Berlant, and Lisa Lowe, this book proposes the notion of "precarious intimacies" to navigate a dilemma: how to recognize, affirm, and value love, touch, and care while challenging the racialized and gendered politics in which they are embedded.

Twenty-first-century Europe is undergoing dramatic political and economic transformations that produce...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810142112
• ISBN13: 9780810142114
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Northwestern University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"