03340nam 22006131 450 991082881000332120230829010741.094-012-0173-01-4237-8913-X10.1163/9789401201735(CKB)1000000000462539(EBL)556485(OCoLC)70792281(SSID)ssj0000096116(PQKBManifestationID)12033147(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000096116(PQKBWorkID)10097252(PQKB)11637084(MiAaPQ)EBC556485(Au-PeEL)EBL556485(CaPaEBR)ebr10380470(nllekb)BRILL9789401201735(EXLCZ)99100000000046253920210731d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Abject Object Avatars of the Phallus in Contemporary French Theory, Literature and Film /Keith ReaderLeiden; Boston :BRILL,2006.1 online resource (226 p.)Chiasma ;17Description based upon print version of record.90-420-1729-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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 volume will be of interest to those working in the areas of French, gender and film studies.Chiasma ;17.Avatars of the Phallus in Contemporary French Theory, Literature and FilmFrench literature20th centuryHistory and criticismMasculinity in literaturePenis in literatureFrench literatureHistory and criticism.Masculinity in literature.Penis in literature.840.9/353Reader Keith312175NL-LeKBNL-LeKBBOOK9910828810003321The Abject Object3972493UNINA