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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Rupprecht, Caroline
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Evanston, Ill. : Northwestern University Press, [2013]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Germanic Literature.
Languages & Literatures.
Motherhood in motion pictures.
Motherhood in literature.
Motherhood in art.
Human body in motion pictures.
Human body in literature.
Human beings in art.
German literature.
French literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
Litterature allemande > 20e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Litterature française > 20e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Corps humain dans la litterature.
Corps humain au cinema.
Maternite dans la litterature.
Maternite au cinema.
Maternite dans l'art.
German literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
French literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé: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 the texts in terms of their attribution with womb-like qualities. The framing of the study historically within the postwar era begins with a discussion of Eero Saarinen's Womb Chair in the context of the Cold War's need for safety in light of the threat of nuclear destruction, and ranges over films such as Marguerite Duras' and Alan Resnais' film Hiroshima mon amour and Duras' novel The Vice-Consul, exploring the ways that such cultural texts fantasize the womb as a response to trauma, defined as the compulsive need to return to the site of loss, a place envisioned as both a secure space and a prison. The womb fantasy is linked to the desire to recreate an identity that is new and original but ahistorical.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (148 pages).
ISBN:9780810166639

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