Conclusion: Forms of Affirmative Aesthetics
An affirmative approach to film consists of making visible what the diegesis may conceal. As the chapter reflects on the political impact of art and the affect of films onto the bodies of the spectators, it concludes that looking for affirmative aesthetic
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Affirmative Aesthetics and Wilful Women
Maud Ceuterick
Affirmative Aesthetics and Wilful Women Gender, Space and Mobility in Contemporary Cinema
Maud Ceuterick University of Bergen Bergen, Norway
ISBN 978-3-030-37038-1 ISBN 978-3-030-37039-8 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-37039-8 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2020 This book is an open access publication. Open Access This book is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this book are included in the book’s Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the book’s Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, expressed or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: Sibel Kekilli in Gegen Die Wand (2004) This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG. The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Preface
This book was formed through travel and habitation of cities in Belgium, Spain, Ireland, New Zealand, and Norway. As I was trying to find my way across the globe through the academic maze, I observed the differences in treatment I received as a woman compared to my male counterparts, whether in the streets, at the wheel of a car, in private houses, or in ‘public’ places such as restaurants, cafés, or workplaces. If the sexist comments and attitudes in Brussels were in appearance much more frequent and violent than in Spain, New Zealand, or Norway, sexism and misogyny in these countries remain pervasively ubiquitous and institutionalised, albeit in surreptitious ways. The categorisation of subject identities according to gender, ethnicity, sexuality, and social class determines spatial perceptions and experiences and affects mo
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