LEADER 03340nam 22006131 450 001 9910777648303321 005 20230829010741.0 010 $a94-012-0173-0 010 $a1-4237-8913-X 024 7 $a10.1163/9789401201735 035 $a(CKB)1000000000462539 035 $a(EBL)556485 035 $a(OCoLC)70792281 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000096116 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12033147 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000096116 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10097252 035 $a(PQKB)11637084 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC556485 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL556485 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10380470 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789401201735 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000462539 100 $a20210731d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Abject Object $eAvatars of the Phallus in Contemporary French Theory, Literature and Film /$fKeith Reader 210 1$aLeiden; $aBoston :$cBRILL,$d2006. 215 $a1 online resource (226 p.) 225 1 $aChiasma ;$v17 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a90-420-1729-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- 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, Noe?, Bonello -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index. 330 $aThis book addresses representations and constructions of masculinity in crisis in contemporary French culture by way of two important concepts - the phallus (largely but not solely in (a) Lacanian sense(s)) and abjection (Kristeva). Scrutiny of these concepts informs readings of a number of texts - literary (Bataille, Adamov, Doubrovsky, Houellebecq, Rochefort, Angot) and cinematic (Ferreri, Eustache, Godard, Noe?, Bonello) - in which the abject phallus is a significant factor. The texts chosen all describe or stage crises of masculinity and mastery in ways that suggest that these supposedly beneficent qualities - and the phallus that symbolizes them - can often be perceived as burdensome or even detestable. Abjection is a widely-used concept in contemporary cultural studies, but has not hitherto been articulated with the phallus as emblem of male dominance as it is here. The volume will be of interest to those working in the areas of French, gender and film studies. 410 0$aChiasma ;$v17. 517 3 $aAvatars of the Phallus in Contemporary French Theory, Literature and Film 606 $aFrench literature$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aMasculinity in literature 606 $aPenis in literature 615 0$aFrench literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aMasculinity in literature. 615 0$aPenis in literature. 676 $a840.9/353 700 $aReader$b Keith$0312175 801 0$bNL-LeKB 801 1$bNL-LeKB 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777648303321 996 $aThe Abject Object$93830767 997 $aUNINA