Affective Intimacies - Manchester University Press

This Volume Provides A Novel Platform To Re-evaluate The Notion Of Open-ended Intimacies Through The Lens Of Affect Theories. Contributors Address The Embodied, Affective And Psychic, Sensorial And Embodied Aspects Of Their Ongoing Intimate Entanglements Across Various Timely Phenomena. This Fascinating Collection Asks How The Study Of Affect Enables Us To Rethink Intimacies, What Affect Theories Can Do To The Prevailing Notion Of Intimacy And How They Renew And Enrich Theories Of Intimacy In A Manner Which Also Considers Its Normative And Violent Forms.this Collection Brings Together A Selection Of Original Chapters Which Invite Readers To Rethink Such Concepts As Care, Closeness And Connectivity Through The Notion Of Affective Intimacies.