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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782190403321

Autore

Shaviro Steven

Titolo

The cinematic body [[electronic resource] /] / Steven Shaviro

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c1993

ISBN

0-8166-8527-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (292 p.)

Collana

Theory out of bounds ; ; v. 2

Disciplina

791.43/01

Soggetti

Motion pictures - Aesthetics

Film criticism - Philosophy

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 (p. [268]-272) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; I: Film Theory and Visual Fascination; II: Contagious Allegories: George Romero; III: Comedies of Abjection: Jerry Lewis; IV: Bodies of Fear: David Cronenberg; V: Masculinity, Spectacle, and the Body of Querelle; VI: Warhol's Bodies; VII: A Note on Bresson; VIII: Conclusions; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Moving between Jerry Lewis and Andy Warhol, between Fassbinder's gay sex icons and George Romero's flesh-eating zombies, Shaviro radically critiques the Lacanian model currently popular in film theory and film studies, arguing against that model's obsessi