Davina Quinlivan Boeken

Exploring the embodied experience of film viewing, this book analyzes how cinema shapes our understanding of physical and mental crises. It delves into themes of loss, the healing process, and the tangible effects of trauma, highlighting the intricate relationship between the spectator and the film. Through scholarly insights, it examines how films not only reflect but also manifest various crises, offering a profound perspective on the impact of visual storytelling on our perceptions of suffering and recovery.

This book tells the story of Quinlivan's Anglo-Asian family whose extraordinary mythology haunts her own sense of time and place over the course of ten years and seven house moves through England, finally settling in rural Devon with a young family of her own.

The book explores the cinematic contributions of British director Joanna Hogg, analyzing her films through the lens of film philosophy. It delves into the thematic and stylistic elements of her work, offering insights into how her unique approach to storytelling challenges conventional narrative structures and engages with deeper philosophical questions. Through this examination, the author highlights Hogg's influence on contemporary cinema and her distinctive voice in the film industry.

A study that considers the placement of the breathing body in the film experience and its implications for the study of embodiment in film and sensuous spectatorship. The author shapes her engagement with film by the foregrounding of the human body in the filmic diegesis and the viewing experience.