Male Subjectivity at the Margins

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Psychology Press, 1992 - 447 pages
"Silverman sets out to offer a bold new look at some masculinities which deviate from the social norm. This book looks at male film-makers, novelists and literary cinematic characters who position themselves more as "women" than as "men" and in so doing surrender male power and privilege."--Pub. desc.

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Contents

Ideology and Masculinity
8
Historical Trauma and Male Subjectivity
101
The Gaze and the Look
121
Masochism and Male Subjectivity
187
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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