Male Subjectivity At the Margins

Informationen zum Autor Kaja Silverman teaches at the University of California at Berkeley. Klappentext Through the examination of a range of literary and cinematic texts, from William Wyler's classic The Best Years of Our Lives to the novels of Henry James, Silverman offers a bold new look at masculinities which deviate from the social norm. Zusammenfassung Through the examination of a range of literary and cinematic texts, from William Wyler's classic The Best Years of Our Lives to the novels of Henry James, Silverman offers a bold new look at masculinities which deviate from the social norm. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Ideology and Masculinity l The Dominant Fiction 2 Historical Trauma and Male Subjectivity. The Gaze and the Look 3 Fassbinder and Lacan: A Reconsideration of Gaze, Look and Image 4 Too Early/Too Late: Male Subjectivity and the Primal Scene. Masochism 5 Masochism and Male Subjectivity 6 Masochistic Ecstasy and the Ruination of Masculinity in Fassbinder's Cinema. Libidinal Politics 7 White Skins, Brown Masks: The Double Mimesis, or With Lawrence in Arabia 8 A Woman's Soul Enclosed in a Man's Body: Femininity in Male Homosexuality

Product details

• Authors: Silverman, Kaja Silverman
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.03.2016
• EAN: 9781138142497
• ISBN: 978-1-138-14249-7
• No. of pages: 200
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries