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

Contributor(s): Cormican, Muriel (Editor), William, Jennifer Marston (Editor), Blair, John (Contribution by), O'Brien, Mary-Elizabeth (Contribution by), Nenno, Nancy (Contribution by), Schmidt, Gary (Contribution by), Mukherjee, Erika Nelson (Contribution by), Sathe, Nikhil (Contribution by), Martens, Lorna (Contribution by), Nowicki, Anna-Rebecca (Contribution by), Joseph Rockelmann (Contribution by), Weiler, Christina (Contribution by)

ISBN: 9781640140745

Publisher: Camden House (NY)

Hardcover

$130.00

Pub Date: June 15, 2021

Dewey: 700.103

LCCN: 2020057640

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Index

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.80" H x 9.10" L x 6.00" W ( 1.10 lbs) 240 pages

BISAC Categories:

Series: Women and Gender in German Studies

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: 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.

Brief description: Skidmore College

Review Quotes: As an homage to Cormican's insightful concept of the tender gaze, this volume succeeds grandly and deserves a wide readership. The tender gaze has many important applications and provides a fresh lens through which to contemplate a range of works.-- "THE GERMAN QUARTERLY"