Ecce Homo - The Male-Body-In-Pain As Redemptive Figure

Klappentext Images of suffering male bodies permeate Western culture, from Francis Bacon's paintings and Robert Mapplethorpe's photographs to the battered heroes of action movies. Drawing on perspectives from a range of disciplines, this title explores the complex, ambiguous meanings of the enduring figure of the male-body-in-pain. Zusammenfassung Images of suffering male bodies permeate Western culture! from Francis Bacon's paintings and Robert Mapplethorpe's photographs to the battered heroes of action movies. Drawing on perspectives from a range of disciplines! this title explores the complex! ambiguous meanings of the enduring figure of the male-body-in-pain.

Product details

• Authors: Kent Brintnall, Kent L. Brintnall, BRINTNALL KENT L, Brintnall Kent L.
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.01.2012
• EAN: 9780226074702
• ISBN: 978-0-226-07470-2
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Cultural Studies, The arts: general issues, ART / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Men's Studies, Gender studies: men and boys, Gender Studies: Men, The arts: general topics