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Autore |
Reader Keith |
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Titolo |
The Abject Object : Avatars of the Phallus in Contemporary French Theory, Literature and Film / / Keith Reader |
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Leiden; ; Boston : , : BRILL, , 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 |
Masculinity in literature |
Penis in literature |
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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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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, 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 beneficent qualities - and the phallus that symbolizes them - can often be perceived as burdensome or even detestable. Abjection is a widely-used concept in contemporary cultural studies, but has not hitherto been articulated with the phallus as emblem of male dominance as it is here. The |
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volume will be of interest to those working in the areas of French, gender and film studies. |
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