{"product_id":"moonlight-9781032152066","title":"Moonlight","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book helps readers understand \u003ci\u003eMoonlight\u003c\/i\u003e's profound political and social importance, the innovative technical choices adopted by director Barry Jenkins and the film's adoption and disruption of traditional coming-of-age themes through the specific prism of Chiron's childhood and youth. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoonlight (2016) is an intensely moving and poetically rendered coming-of-age story about a young gay Black boy, Chiron. Highly praised by both critics and audiences internationally, it garnered a surprise Best Picture win at the 2017 Academy Awards, enshrining its significance within a global cinematic canon. This book provides an account of how \u003ci\u003eMoonlight \u003c\/i\u003ecan be situated in relation to African American youth films, contemporary queer cinema and its appeal to the youth market and representations of non-normative childhood and adolescence. It analyses the reception of \u003ci\u003eMoonlight \u003c\/i\u003ein terms of its form and profound emotional impact on spectators offerning new visions \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1. ‘A Film We’ve Been Waiting For’: The Social and Cultural Contexts of \u003ci\u003eMoonlight\u003c\/i\u003e 2. \u003ci\u003eMoonlight\u003c\/i\u003e and Black Masculinity on Screen 3. \u003ci\u003eMoonlight\u003c\/i\u003e as Queer Cinema 4. Watching \u003ci\u003eMoonlight\u003c\/i\u003e: Narrative, Setting and Symbolism 5. Empathy, Universality and Black Boyhood in \u003cem\u003eMoonlight\u003c\/em\u003e Epilogue Love and \u003ci\u003eMoonlight\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018868392279,"sku":"9781032152066","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032152066.jpg?v=1750778454","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/moonlight-9781032152066","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}