Male Subjectivity at the MarginsRoutledge, 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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... castration , and desire . It will at the same time probe the larger political implications of these " deviant " masculinities , some of which do indeed say " no " to power . The margins with which this book is primarily concerned are ...
... castration , and desire . It will at the same time probe the larger political implications of these " deviant " masculinities , some of which do indeed say " no " to power . The margins with which this book is primarily concerned are ...
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... castration , alterity , and specularity . Although these attributes represent the unavoidable tropes of all subjectivity , they generally feature prominently only within the conscious existence of the female subject . Conventional ...
... castration , alterity , and specularity . Although these attributes represent the unavoidable tropes of all subjectivity , they generally feature prominently only within the conscious existence of the female subject . Conventional ...
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... castration or lack by positing a particular object as the cause of desire . The " $ " of that formula signifies the subject whose being has been sacrificed to meaning ; " < > " designates the phrase " desire for or of " ; and " a ...
... castration or lack by positing a particular object as the cause of desire . The " $ " of that formula signifies the subject whose being has been sacrificed to meaning ; " < > " designates the phrase " desire for or of " ; and " a ...
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Kaja Silverman. objects through which it attempts to compensate for symbolic castration - to understand that the moi is most profoundly that through which it attempts to recover “ being . ” The self , in other words , fills the void at ...
Kaja Silverman. objects through which it attempts to compensate for symbolic castration - to understand that the moi is most profoundly that through which it attempts to recover “ being . ” The self , in other words , fills the void at ...
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... castration , and - by looking at him with her " imagination " rather than her eyes — to confer upon him a phallic sufficiency . The second section of Male Subjectivity at the Margins , which includes Chapters 3 and 4 , will be devoted ...
... castration , and - by looking at him with her " imagination " rather than her eyes — to confer upon him a phallic sufficiency . The second section of Male Subjectivity at the Margins , which includes Chapters 3 and 4 , will be devoted ...
Contents
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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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