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Author:   John Tulloch (Emeritus Professor, Emeritus Professor, Charles Sturt University) ,  Belinda Middleweek (Senior Lecturer, School of Communication, Senior Lecturer, School of Communication, University of Technology, Sydney)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 23.10cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 15.50cm
Weight:   0.635kg
ISBN:  

9780190244613

ISBN 10:   0190244615
Pages:   376
Publication Date:   16 November 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Introduction 1. Intimacy: the Film 2. The Transformation of Intimacy: Sexuality and Risk in Modernity 3. Intimacy and Romance in Film Theory 4a. 'Intimacy is what hurts when it's gone': approaching social audience analysis (Part 1) 4b. 'A man didn't make this film alone': Intertextual dialogue (Part 2 5. Brutal Intimacy: French Corporeal Cinema 6. 'Desperate for Intimacy': Loneliness and Fun in 9 Songs and Shortbus 7. Intimate Pleasures and the Madness of Love: Narrative in Ken Park and Irréversible 8. Actors and Sexual Intimacies: Trust, Mistrust and the Double Standards of Love 9. Secret Intimacies and Addictions in Le Secret 10. Beyond High Theories of Intimacy: authorship, performance and 'obscenity' in The Piano Teacher 11. Desire, Intimacy and the Gaze in the work of Andrea Arnold and Lynne Ramsay Conclusion Bibliography Filmography Index

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Media studies desperately needs more rainbow scholarship like the impeccable work Tulloch and Middleweek have done here, especially on experiences that are so central to the human condition: intimacy, desire, and sex. - Mark Deuze, University of Amsterdam, author of Media Life

Media studies desperately needs more rainbow scholarship like the impeccable work Tulloch and Middleweek have done here, especially on experiences that are so central to the human condition: intimacy, desire, and sex. * Mark Deuze, University of Amsterdam, author of Media Life *

""Provides both academics and film buffs with an interesting look at the films that toe the line on what [is] acceptable in cinema."" -- Dakota Ratley, Communication Booknotes Quarterly ""Media studies desperately needs more 'rainbow scholarship' like the impeccable work Tulloch and Middleweek have done here, especially on experiences that are so central to the human condition: intimacy, desire, and sex."" --Mark Deuze, University of Amsterdam, author of Media Life

Author Information

John Tulloch is Professor Emeritus in Communication at Charles Sturt University and Adjunct Professor in Communication, University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.Belinda Middleweek is Senior Lecturer in Journalism at the University of Technology, Sydney.

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