Introduction : the pretty as troublesome image
From aesthetics to film aesthetics : or, beauty and truth redux
Colors : Derek Jarman and queer aesthetics
Ornament and modernity : from decorative art to cultural criticism
Objects : oriental style and the arabesques of Moulin Rouge!
At the crossroads : iconoclasm and the anti-aesthetic in postwar film and theory
Forms : Soy Cuba and revolutionary beauty
Perverse prettiness : sexuality, gender, and aesthetic exclusion
Bodies : the sumptuous charms of Ulrike Ottinger
Postscript : toward a worldly image.