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The Tender Gaze: Compassionate Encounters on the German Screen, Page, and Stage

By Muriel Cormican (Editor), Jennifer Marston William (Editor), John Blair (Contribution by), Mary-Elizabeth O'Brien (Contribution by), Nancy Nenno (Contribution by), Gary Schmidt (Contribution by), Erika Nelson Mukherjee (Contribution by), Nikhil Sathe (Contribution by), Lorna Martens (Contribution by), Anna-Rebecca Nowicki (Contribution by), Joseph Rockelmann & Christina Joseph Rockelmann (Contribution by), Christina Weiler (Contribution by)
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By Muriel Cormican (Editor), Jennifer Marston William (Editor), John Blair (Contribution by), Mary-Elizabeth O'Brien (Contribution by), Nancy Nenno (Contribution by), Gary Schmidt (Contribution by), Erika Nelson Mukherjee (Contribution by), Nikhil Sathe (Contribution by), Lorna Martens (Contribution by), Anna-Rebecca Nowicki (Contribution by), Joseph Rockelmann & Christina Joseph Rockelmann (Contribution by), Christina Weiler (Contribution by)
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By exploring the concept of the "tender gaze" in German film, theater, and literature, this volume's contributors illustrate how perspective-taking in works of art fosters empathy and prosocial behaviors.



The gaze, understood as a way of looking at others that involves contemplation and the operation of power, has an extensive history of iterations such as the male gaze (Mulvey), the oppositional gaze (hooks), and the postcolonial gaze (Said). This essay collection develops a supplemental th...

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