1st Edition
The Sensory Child of Contemporary Cinema Sight, Sound, Touch
By Nonie May
Copyright 2026
206 Pages
by
Routledge
206 Pages
by
Routledge
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The Sensory Child: Sight, Sound, Touch examines a poetic film form evident in contemporary cinema that seems intent on capturing the textures, the materials, and the sensations of childhood. These films foreground the child’s point of view, construct a child’s gaze, and mobilise an aesthetic that evokes a sensory recollection of childhood. This complex arrangement of aesthetic modes is intended... Read more
INTRODUCTION, 1. Nostalgia, Screen Memories, and Approximations of Childhood in Aftersun (2022), 2. Hysterical Fantasies of Bodily Collapse in The Fits (2015), 3. Longing for Childhood: Tracing the Child’s Gaze in What Maisie Knew (2013), 4. “Who is you, Chiron?”: Poetic Film Form and Melancholia in Moonlight (2016), CONCLUSION, BIBLIOGRAPHY, FILMOGRAPHY, INDEX
Biography
Nonie May is a Lecturer at The University of Melbourne, Australia. Her research mobilises feminist approaches to psychoanalytic film theory. Recent publications include the Barbie Dossier, Feminist Media Studies, (2024), the chapter ‘Written on the Body’, The UnDead Child (2024), and the prize-winning essay An Cailín Ciúin’, Senses of Cinema (2022).
