{"product_id":"making-worlds-claudia-breger-9780231194181","title":"Making Worlds: Affect and Collectivity in Contemporary European Cinema","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe twenty-first century has witnessed a resurgence of economic inequality, racial exclusion, and political hatred, causing questions of collective identity and belonging to assume new urgency. In \u003cem\u003eMaking Worlds\u003c\/em\u003e, Claudia Breger argues that contemporary European cinema provides ways of thinking about and feeling collectivity that can challenge these political trends. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBreger offers nuanced readings of major contemporary films such as Michael Haneke's \u003cem\u003eThe White Ribbon\u003c\/em\u003e, Alejandro Gonz疝ez Irritu's \u003cem\u003eBiutiful\u003c\/em\u003e, Fatih Akın's \u003cem\u003eThe Edge of Heaven\u003c\/em\u003e, Asghar Farhadi's \u003cem\u003eA Separation\u003c\/em\u003e, and Aki Kaurism臾i's refugee trilogy, as well as works by Jean-Luc Godard and Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Through a new model of cinematic worldmaking, Breger examines the ways in which these works produce unexpected and destabilizing affects that invite viewers to imagine new connections among individuals or groups. These films and their depictions of refugees, immigrants, and communities do not simply counter dominant political imaginaries of hate and fear with calls for empathy or solidarity. Instead, they produce layered sensibilities that offer the potential for greater openness to others' present, past, and future claims. Drawing on the work of Latour, Deleuze, and Ranci鑽e, Breger engages questions of genre and realism along with the legacies of cinematic modernism. Offering a rich account of contemporary film, \u003cem\u003eMaking Worlds\u003c\/em\u003e theorizes the cinematic creation of imaginative spaces in order to find new ways of responding to political hatred.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Claudia Breger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0231194188\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780231194181\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Columbia University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/14\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2021","brand":"Claudia Breger","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44058684358911,"sku":"9780231194181","price":105.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4e602d2c-137d-432f-8858-fb40e6fab227.jpg?v=1685053968","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/making-worlds-claudia-breger-9780231194181","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}