{"product_id":"the-seduction-of-space-jules-odwyer-9781517916848","title":"The Seduction of Space: Cruising French Cinema","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA bold and far-reaching new study of French queer cinema reimagines the relationship between sexuality and space\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Spatiality has long been a crucial and potent lens for understanding French culture and aesthetics. While canonical greats of French cinema such as Jean-Luc Godard, Agn?s Varda, and Louis Malle invoked the notion of \u003ci\u003efl?nerie\u003c\/i\u003e to explore ideas of modernism, spatial exploration, and urban sociality, Jules O'Dwyer demonstrates how a more recent generation of French queer filmmakers continues to engage with--and contest--this legacy by focusing attention on the cognate practice of cruising. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Through the work of Jacques Nolot, S?bastien Lifshitz, Christophe Honor?, Vincent Dieutre, Alain Guiraudie, and others, \u003ci\u003eThe Seduction of Space\u003c\/i\u003e draws film theory, queer studies, and spatial inquiry into close proximity to examine the politics of cruising and the gendering of space. Making the case that cinema not only documents the queer spaces of the past but continues to produce them, O'Dwyer maps the relationships between sex and spatiality as he takes up such varied topics as public sex in the porn theater, racial eroticization in the \u003ci\u003ebanlieue, \u003c\/i\u003eand the ecocritical valences of rural cruising. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Foregrounding the crucial role that spatiality plays in shaping the parameters of France's visual cultures and political imaginary, \u003ci\u003eThe Seduction of Space\u003c\/i\u003e is both an urgent queer reconceptualization of this tradition and a clarion call for film scholars to tarry with the politics of sexuality in all its messiness. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRetail e-book files for this title are screen-reader friendly with images accompanied by short alt text and\/or extended descriptions.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jules O'Dwyer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1517916844\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781517916848\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Minnesota Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/11\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.68lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.49d","brand":"Jules O'Dwyer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46670578123007,"sku":"9781517916848","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-seduction-of-space-jules-odwyer-9781517916848","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}