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The picture of abjection : film, fetish, and the nature of difference /
Tina Chanter resolves a fundamental problem in film theory by negotiating a middle path between "gaze theory" approaches to film and spectator studies or cultural theory approaches that emphasize the position of the viewer and thereby take account of race, class, gender, and sexuality. Cha...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bloomington :
Indiana University Press,
©2008.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; INTRODUCTION; 1 Abjection as the Unthought Ground of Fetishism; 2 Abjection as the Failure of Protection against Emptiness: Narcissism, Negation, and Klein's Projective Identification; 3 Abject Art: Destabilizing the Drive for Purification, and Unmasking the Foundational Fantasy of Castration; 4 Fantasy at a Distance: The Revolt of Abjection; 5 The Exotica-ization and Universalization of the Fetish, and the Naturalization of the Phallus: Abject Objections.
- 6 Prohibiting Miscegenation and Homosexuality: The Birth of a Nation, Casablanca, and American History X7 Abject Identifications in The Crying Game: The Mutual Implication of Transgender/Race/Nationalism/Class; 8 The Fetishistic Temporality of Hegemonic Postcolonial Nationalist Narratives and the Traumatic Real of Abjection; 9 Concluding Reflections on the Necrophiliaof Fetishism; Notes; Bibliography; Index.