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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... 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 masculinity is largely predicated ...
... 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 masculinity is largely predicated ...
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... it is that Laplanche and Pontalis emphasize not only the specularity of that scene within which desire is staged , but its concern with the placement of the subject . Indeed , they suggest that fantasy is less Introduction / 5.
... it is that Laplanche and Pontalis emphasize not only the specularity of that scene within which desire is staged , but its concern with the placement of the subject . Indeed , they suggest that fantasy is less Introduction / 5.
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... specularity , even when occupying a viewing position , and that all antitheses of spectator and spectacle are consequently false . Chapter 3 will also theorize the Lacanian " screen " both as a repertoire of ideologically marked images ...
... specularity , even when occupying a viewing position , and that all antitheses of spectator and spectacle are consequently false . Chapter 3 will also theorize the Lacanian " screen " both as a repertoire of ideologically marked images ...
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... specularity , receptivity , masochism , and maternity , but phallic penetration . Chapter 8 will conclude with a reading of A la recherche du temps perdu , a text which is profoundly structured by the Leonardo model of homosexuality ...
... specularity , receptivity , masochism , and maternity , but phallic penetration . Chapter 8 will conclude with a reading of A la recherche du temps perdu , a text which is profoundly structured by the Leonardo model of homosexuality ...
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... specularity . Fassbinder's films push the equation of masculinity and specularity even further , while also giving pride of place to a classically feminine form of identification . James's fiction prioritizes a maternal over a paternal ...
... specularity . Fassbinder's films push the equation of masculinity and specularity even further , while also giving pride of place to a classically feminine form of identification . James's fiction prioritizes a maternal over a paternal ...
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 |
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