The Aesthetics and Affects of Cuteness

Joshua Paul Dale has edited a special journal issue on Cute Studies and created an online bibliography for this emerging field. Dale teaches cultural studies at Tokyo Gakugei University.Joyce Goggin is a senior lecturer at the University of Amsterdam, where she teaches and conducts research in literature, film, television and media studies.Julia Leyda is Associate Professor of Film Studies in the Department of Art and Media Studies at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim. She is co-editor of Extreme Weather and Global Media (Routledge, 2015) and Post-Cinema: Theorizing 21st-Century Film (REFRAME, 2016).Anthony P. McIntyre is an Associate Lecturer in Film Studies at University College Dublin. He is currently finishing a monograph, Millennial Tensions: Generational Affect and Contemporary Screen Cultures. Diane Negra is the author, editor or co-editor of ten books. A member of the Royal Irish Academy, she serves as Professor of Film Studies and Screen Cultures and Head of Film Studies at University College Dublin. She is Co-Editor-in-Chief of Television and New Media.