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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790444103321

Titolo

Fight club / / edited by Thomas E. Wartenberg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-136-66562-5

1-283-46039-4

9786613460394

1-136-66563-3

0-203-80800-2

Edizione

[[1st ed.].]

Descrizione fisica

x, 170 p. : ill

Collana

Philosophers on film

Altri autori (Persone)

WartenbergThomas E

Disciplina

791.43/72

Soggetti

Motion picture industry

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction / Thomas E. Wartenberg -- 2. Have I been understood? : Dionysus vs. Ikea-Boy / Murray Skees -- 3. Becoming a man : Fight club and the problem of masculine identity in the modern world / Charles Guignon -- 4. There's something about Marla : Fight club and the engendering of self-respect / Cynthia A. Stark -- 5. Unraveling the twists of Fight club / George M. Wilson and Sam Shpall -- 6. The first rule of Fight club : on Plato, Descartes, and Fight club / Nancy Bauer -- 7. Never been kicked / Ben Caplan.