{"product_id":"bodies-of-water-queer-aesthetics-in-contemporary-latin-american-cinema-paperback","title":"Bodies of Water: Queer Aesthetics in Contemporary Latin American Cinema - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGeoffrey Maguire\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExplores how watery spaces provoke radical modes of screening queer corporeality in a diverse range of contemporary Latin American films.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRivers, swimming pools, lakes, and oceans: these watery spaces recur with remarkable frequency in recent queer Latin American cinema, urging us to question the intimacies between queerness and the aquatic. Unpredictable and uncontrollable, water reflects a natural fluidity in our sexual desires and orientations; it is both a space and a substance, one in which bodies surrender themselves to the natural forces of currents and flows. As the first book to investigate water's queer cinematic potential, \u003ci\u003eBodies of Water\u003c\/i\u003e proposes that we think not only \u003ci\u003eabout\u003c\/i\u003e water but also \u003ci\u003ethrough\u003c\/i\u003e it, illuminating new directions for the study of queer world cinema and its evolving aesthetic strategies. \u003ci\u003eBodies of Water\u003c\/i\u003e engages critically with theories of cinematic embodiment and recent work in queer theory and the environmental humanities, foregrounding a region of the world historically overlooked in global discussions of queerness. By examining the radical queer epistemologies that emerge at the convergence of body, camera, and water, \u003ci\u003eBodies of Water\u003c\/i\u003e ultimately poses a question of both critical and sociopolitical concern: what's so queer about cinematic waters?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeoffrey Maguire \u003c\/b\u003eis Associate Professor of Spanish at Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Politics of Postmemory: Violence and Victimhood in Contemporary Argentine Culture\u003c\/i\u003e and coeditor (with Rachel Randall) of \u003ci\u003eNew Visions of Adolescence in Contemporary Latin American Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 214\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.45 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 02, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52711178961203,"sku":"9781438499185","price":70.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/Y_Ateem0Dg9781438499185.webp?v=1763510294","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/bodies-of-water-queer-aesthetics-in-contemporary-latin-american-cinema-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}