Male Subjectivity at the Margins

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Routledge, 2017 M09 25 - 464 pages
Through the examination of a range of literary and cinematic texts, from William Wyler's classic The Best Years of Our Lives to the novels of Henry James, Silverman offers a bold new look at masculinities which deviate from the social norm.

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Contents

The Dominant Fiction
15
Historical Trauma and Male Subjectivity
52
The Gaze and the Look
121
Masochism and Male Subjectivity
185
Masochistic Ecstasy and the Ruination of Masculinity
214
Libidinal Politics
296
Afterword
389
Index
441
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Kaja Silverman teaches at the University of California at Berkeley.

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