Intro; Acknowledgements; Contents; Chapter 1: Introduction: Flirting, Scandal, Intimacy; Feminism and Flirting; Histories and Handbooks; Flirting Theory; About the Book; References; Chapter 2: #MeToo: Scandals and the Concept of Flirting; Introduction: Flirting and Scandal; #MeToo Contra Flirting? Affective Engagements; Flirting's Liminality: Play, Potency, and Uncertainty; Masculinity, Flirting, and #MeToo: From Hypermasculine Problematics to New Hegemonies; #MeToo as a New Fundamentalism? Populism and Anti-liminality; The Vulnerability of Flirting: Beyond Sex-Negative Approaches; References

Chapter 3: Playing with Scripts: Social Experiments and Reality TelevisionIntroduction; Married at First Sight; The Wedding; Desire; The Experts; Reality Television and Intimacies; Flirting; Romance; Intimacy; Conclusion; References; Chapter 4: Flirting on Film: Boundaries and Consent, Visibility and Performance; Chapter 5: Conclusion: Uncertain Times for Flirting; Timely Considerations; Conclusion; References; Index