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- Cinematic Body
- Book
- 1993
- Published by: University of Minnesota Press
- Series: Theory Out Of Bounds
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In The Cinematic Body, Steven Shaviro proposes a radical new approach to film viewing. Moving between Jerry Lewis and Andy Warhol, between Fassbinder’s gay sex icons and George Romero’s flesh-eating zombies, The Cinematic Body cuts across disciplinary boundaries and seeks to engage new currents in critical thought.
Shaviro radically critiques the Lacanian model currently popular in film theory and film studies, arguing against that model’s obsessive emphasis on the phallus, castration anxiety, sadistic master, ideology, and the structure of the signifier. In this groundbreaking volume, Shaviro effectively communicates a sense of the inescapable ambivalence and intensities of contemporary culture, ultimately affirming a thoroughly postmodern sensibility.
Shaviro radically critiques the Lacanian model currently popular in film theory and film studies, arguing against that model’s obsessive emphasis on the phallus, castration anxiety, sadistic master, ideology, and the structure of the signifier. In this groundbreaking volume, Shaviro effectively communicates a sense of the inescapable ambivalence and intensities of contemporary culture, ultimately affirming a thoroughly postmodern sensibility.
Table of Contents
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- II: Contagious Allegories: George Romero
- pp. 83-106
- III: Comedies of Abjection: Jerry Lewis
- pp. 107-126
- IV: Bodies of Fear: David Cronenberg
- pp. 127-158
- VI: Warhol's Bodies
- pp. 201-240
- VII: A Note on Bresson
- pp. 241-254
- VIII: Conclusions
- pp. 255-268
- References
- pp. 269-274
Additional Information
ISBN
9780816685271
Related ISBN(s)
9780816622948
MARC Record
OCLC
229431584
Pages
292
Launched on MUSE
2015-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No