Lucia Nagib is Centenary Professor of World Cinemas at the University of Leeds. Her books include Brazil on Screen: Cinema Novo, New Cinema, Utopia (I.B.Tauris, 2007) and World Cinema and the Ethics of Realism (2011). Anne Jerslev is Professor of Film and Media Studies at the University of Copenhagen. She is the author of books about David Lynch, cult films, youth and violent cinema, and media and intimacy.

• IllustrationsContributorsAcknowledgementsIntroductionPart I: The History and Politics of ImpurityPart II: Intertextual and Intercultural DialoguesPart III: Literary ImpuritiesPart IV: Border Crossing FilmsPart V: Post Medium Films Index

Lucia Nagib is Centenary Professor of World Cinemas at the University of Leeds. Her books include Brazil on Screen: Cinema Novo, New Cinema, Utopia (I.B.Tauris, 2007) and World Cinema and the Ethics of Realism (2011). Anne Jerslev is Professor of Film and Media Studies at the University of Copenhagen. She is the author of books about David Lynch, cult films, youth and violent cinema, and media and intimacy.

• IllustrationsContributorsAcknowledgementsIntroductionPart I: The History and Politics of ImpurityPart II: Intertextual and Intercultural DialoguesPart III: Literary ImpuritiesPart IV: Border Crossing FilmsPart V: Post Medium Films Index

Lucia Nagib is Centenary Professor of World Cinemas at the University of Leeds. Her books include Brazil on Screen: Cinema Novo, New Cinema, Utopia (I.B.Tauris, 2007) and World Cinema and the Ethics of Realism (2011). Anne Jerslev is Professor of Film and Media Studies at the University of Copenhagen. She is the author of books about David Lynch, cult films, youth and violent cinema, and media and intimacy.

• IllustrationsContributorsAcknowledgementsIntroductionPart I: The History and Politics of ImpurityPart II: Intertextual and Intercultural DialoguesPart III: Literary ImpuritiesPart IV: Border Crossing FilmsPart V: Post Medium Films Index