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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 17
Page 17
... dramatizes so vividly one of the defining features of all ideologies — the demand for belief . As Althusser remarks , “ It is a peculiarity of ideology that it imposes ( without appearing to do so , since these are ' obviousnesses ...
... dramatizes so vividly one of the defining features of all ideologies — the demand for belief . As Althusser remarks , “ It is a peculiarity of ideology that it imposes ( without appearing to do so , since these are ' obviousnesses ...
Page 38
... dramatizes , the phallus often emerges within the Lacanian text as a universal signifier of desire , rather than as the variable metaphor of an irreducible lack . It is often depicted , in other words , as the obligatory unconscious ...
... dramatizes , the phallus often emerges within the Lacanian text as a universal signifier of desire , rather than as the variable metaphor of an irreducible lack . It is often depicted , in other words , as the obligatory unconscious ...
Page 42
... dramatizes the misrecognition upon which masculinity is founded . This passage , which is taken from an interview with Serge Leclaire on the ostensible topic of homosexuality , entertains an intimate relationship with some of the ...
... dramatizes the misrecognition upon which masculinity is founded . This passage , which is taken from an interview with Serge Leclaire on the ostensible topic of homosexuality , entertains an intimate relationship with some of the ...
Page 116
You have reached your viewing limit for this book.
You have reached your viewing limit for this book.
Page 116
You have reached your viewing limit for this book.
You have reached your viewing limit for this book.
Contents
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 |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Arab assumes attempt become belief body calls castration chapter character child cinema consequently constitutes cultural death death drive describes desire discussion dominant fiction Edition effect erotic essay fantasmatic fantasy Fassbinder Fassbinder's father female feminine Figure film Finally Franz Freud function gaze George given gives hand homosexuality ideal identification identity ideology imaginary important insists Janet kind Lacan lack Language later Lawrence Lawrence's less live look maintains male homosexuality male subject Marxism masculinity masochism masochistic means mother negative object occupies Oedipus complex once organ pain paradigm passage play pleasure political position possible present Press provides psychic reading reality reference relation represents sadism scene seems Seven Pillars sexual signifier social speaks Standard structure suffering suggests symbolic tion trans turns unconscious University woman women Wonderful writes York