Space in theory [[electronic resource] ] : Kristeva, Foucault, Deleuze / / Russell West-Pavlov

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910454344003321
• Autore: West-Pavlov Russell <1964->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam ; ; New York, NY, : Rodopi, 2009
• ISBN: 1-282-59422-2; 9786612594229; 90-420-2913-7; 1-4416-0650-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (276 p.)
• Collana: Spatial practices, , 1871-689X ; ; 7
• Disciplina: 114
• Soggetti: Culture - Philosophy; Poststructuralism - France; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Preliminary Material -- Entering Space -- Kristeva’s Chora -- Kristeva’s Kehre -- Foucault’s Spatial Discourse -- Foucault’s Discursive Spaces -- Deleuze’s Territories -- Deleuzes’s Intensities -- In Place of a Conclusion … -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Space in Theory: Kristeva, Foucault, Deleuze seeks to give a detailed but succinct overview of the role of spatial reflection in three of the most influential French critical thinkers of recent decades. It proposes a step-by-step analysis of the changing place of space in their theories, focussing on the common problematic all three critics address, but highlighting the significant differences between them. It aims to rectify an unaccountable absence of detailed analysis to the significance of space in their work up until now. Space in Theory argues that Kristeva, Foucault and Deleuze address the question: How are meaning and knowledge produced in contemporary society? What makes it possible to speak and think in ways we take for granted? The answer which all three thinkers provide is: space. This space takes various forms: psychic, subjective space in Kristeva, power-knowledge-space in Foucault, and the spaces of life as multiple flows of becoming in ; Deleuze. This book alternates between analyses of these thinkers’ theoretical texts, and brief digressions into literary texts by Barrico, de Beauvoir, Beckett, Bodrožić or Bonnefoy, via Borges, Forster, Gide, Gilbert, Glissant, Hall, to Kafka, Ondaatje, Perec, Proust, Sartre, Warner and Woolf. These detours through literature aim to render more concrete and accessible the highly complex conceptulization of contemporary spatial theory. This volume is aimed at students, postgraduates and researchers interested in the areas of French poststructuralist theory, spatial reflection, or more generally contemporary cultural theory and cultural studies.

Dangerous curves : action heroines, gender, fetishism, and popular culture / / Jeffrey A. Brown

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910975155703321
• Autore: Brown Jeffrey A. <1966->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Jackson, [Miss.], : University Press of Mississippi, c2011
• ISBN: 1-283-01018-6; 9786613010186; 1-60473-715-8
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (278 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.4
• Soggetti: Women heroes in motion pictures; Heroines in literature; Comic books, strips, etc - History and criticism; Women in popular culture
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS; Introduction: "WHERE ALL WOMEN WEAR SPANDEX AND KNOW KUNG FU"; 1) GENDER AND THE ACTION HEROINE: Hardbodies and the Point of No Return; 2) GENDER, SEXUALITY, AND TOUGHNESS: The Bad Girls of Action Film and Comic Books; 3) ALIAS, FETISHISM, AND PYGMALION FANTASIES; 4) "PLAY WITH ME": Sexy Cyborgs, Game Girls, and Digital Babes; 5) IF LOOKS COULD KILL: Power, Revenge, and ; Stripper Movies; 6) "SHE CAN DO ANYTHING!": The Action Heroine and the Modern (Post-Feminist) Girl; 7) "EXOTIC BEAUTIES": Ethnicity and Comic Book Superheroines; 8) KINKY VAMPIRES AND ACTION HEROINES; 9) WHEN THE ACTION HEROINE LOOKS Conclusion: WONDERING ABOUT WONDER WOMAN: Action Heroines as Multi-Fetish; WORKS CITED; INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: Jeffrey Brown addresses the conflicted meanings associated with the figure of the action heroine as she has evolved in various media forms since the late 1980s. He discusses this immensely popular character type as an example of, and challenge to, existing theories about gender as a performance identity. Her assumption of heroic masculine traits combined with her sexualised physical depiction demonstrates the ambiguous nature of traditional gender expectations and indicates a growing awareness of more aggressive and violent roles for women.