The abject object [[electronic resource] ] : avatars of the phallus in contemporary French theory, literature and film / / Keith Reader

• Autore: Reader Keith
• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam ; ; New York, N.Y., : Rodopi, 2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (226 p.)
• Disciplina: 840/.9/
• Soggetto topico: French literature - 20th century - History and criticism - Theory, etc; French literature - 20th century - History and criticism; Gender identity in literature; Gender identity in motion pictures; Masculinity in literature; Masculinity in motion pictures; Motion pictures - France - History; Penis in literature
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 be
• Titolo autorizzato: The abject object
• ISBN: 94-012-0173-0; 1-4237-8913-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451637303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Chiasma ; ; 17.