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Autore |
Reader Keith |
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Titolo |
The abject object [[electronic resource] ] : avatars of the phallus in contemporary French theory, literature and film / / Keith Reader |
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Amsterdam ; ; New York, N.Y., : Rodopi, 2006 |
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ISBN |
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94-012-0173-0 |
1-4237-8913-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (226 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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French literature - 20th century - History and criticism - Theory, etc |
French literature - 20th century - History and criticism |
Gender identity in literature |
Gender identity in motion pictures |
Masculinity in literature |
Masculinity in motion pictures |
Motion pictures - France - History |
Penis in literature |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Introduction; Chapter One: The Lacanian phallus; Chapter Two: Abjection; Chapter Three: The abject phallus in fiction: Bataille and Adamov; Chapter Four: Abject phalluses, abject penises: Serge Doubrovsky and Michel Houellebecq; Chapter Five: Phallic narrative transvestism: Christiane Rochefort and Christine Angot; Chapter Six: The abject phallus in cinema: Godard, Ferreri, Eustache, Noé, Bonello; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book addresses representations and constructions of masculinity in crisis in contemporary French culture by way of two important concepts - the phallus (largely but not solely in (a) Lacanian sense(s)) and abjection (Kristeva). Scrutiny of these concepts informs readings of a number of texts - literary (Bataille, Adamov, Doubrovsky, Houellebecq, Rochefort, Angot) and cinematic (Ferreri, Eustache, |
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Godard, Noé, Bonello) - in which the abject phallus is a significant factor. The texts chosen all describe or stage crises of masculinity and mastery in ways that suggest that these supposedly be |
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