Womb fantasies : subjective architectures in postmodern literature, cinema, and art /

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This book examines the womb, an invisible and mysterious space invested with allegorical significance, as a metaphorical space in postwar cinematic and literary texts grappling with the trauma of post-holocaust, postmodern existence. In addition, it examines the representation of visible spaces in t...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Rupprecht, Caroline
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Evanston, Ill. : Northwestern University Press, [2013]
Subjects:
1900-1999
Motherhood in art.
Motherhood in motion pictures.
Motherhood in literature.
Human beings in art.
Human body in motion pictures.
Human body in literature.
French literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
German literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Maternité dans l'art.
Maternité au cinéma.
Maternité dans la littérature.
Corps humain au cinéma.
Corps humain dans la littérature.
Littérature française > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Littérature allemande > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
French literature.
German literature.
Languages & Literatures.
Germanic Literature.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontispiece : Eero Saarinen's Womb chair as fallout shelter
  • Geographies. Agoraphobia : Marguerite Duras's Hiroshima mon amour and The vice-consul ; Heterotopia : Alexander Kluge's Yesterday girl and The blind director
  • Boundaries. Matricide : Uwe Johnson's Anniversaries: from the life of Gesine Cresspahl ; Womb envy : Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless, A woman is a woman, and Hail Mary
  • End piece : the future is here, and it's dead : Damien Hirst's Virgin mother.

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