{"product_id":"9780228018841-untimely-bodies-untimely-aesthetic","title":"Untimely Bodies, Untimely Aesthetics","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTemporality, Relationality, and Intimacy in the Cinema of the Berlin School\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eUntimely Bodies, Untimely Aesthetics\u003c\/em\u003e examines the fluidity of time in eight contemporary films by focusing on characters who struggle for connection in an environment shaped by heteronormative temporality and intimacies. The book proposes a model for viewing non-normative relationality through the concepts of “untimeliness” and queer time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile heteronormativity continues to permeate nearly all threads of the socio-cultural fabric, several early twenty-first-century German films offer insight into how we might challenge that dominance and disrupt its linear construction of time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExamining the fluidity of time in eight contemporary films of the Berlin School, \u003cem\u003eUntimely Bodies, Untimely Aesthetics\u003c\/em\u003e foregrounds how queer conceptualizations of temporality can engage notions of subjectivity, relationality, and intimacy in visual representations. Each film depicts figures that grapple with an unattainable desire for connection, placed in landscapes shaped by hegemonic heteronormative intimacies, and a linear temporal organization of life that conforms to mainstream, traditional rhythms, and milestones. Simone Pfleger proposes a new model for viewing non-normative relationality and intimacies, using the concept of \u003cem\u003eun\u003c\/em\u003etimeliness as an analytical framework for examining content and aesthetics. In these films, untimeliness provides an alternative to the romanticization of progress by charting how the filmic figures understand themselves and relate to one another in various spheres: work, love, sex, home, family, and self. Ultimately, Pfleger shows how the texts uncover a temporary promise of breaking free from restrictive social structures, even as they make clear that this schism cannot and should not be permanent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy proposing time as a critical lens through which to investigate our relationships and intimacies, \u003cem\u003eUntimely Bodies, Untimely Aesthetics\u003c\/em\u003e offers a new way to think about film and encourages moviegoers to turn the analysis back toward themselves and their own desires, expectations, assumptions, and adherence to or deviation from normative narratives in their own lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41793398046817,"sku":"9780228018841","price":85.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_16628000_jpg.jpg?v=1724241893","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780228018841-untimely-bodies-untimely-aesthetic","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}