Theorizing Desire

From Freud to Feminism to Film

AvK. Gorton

Häftad, Engelska, 2008

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Beskrivning

What is the nature of desire? This book gives an accessible introduction to the concept, and a coherent critique of the competing theories of desire within contemporary theory. Through analysis of representations of desire in television and film, it considers ways in which the concept is theorized and presented on screen.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2008-01-01
Mått:140 x 216 x 11 mm
Vikt:256 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:182
Förlag:Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:9781349542161

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Kulturvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Genusvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
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Mer om författaren

KRISTYN GORTON is Lecturer in the Department of Theatre, Film& Television at York University, UK. She is the author of Psychoanalysis and the Portrayal of Desire in Twentieth-Century Fiction: A Feminist Critique (2007) and has published articles in Studies in European Cinema, Feminist Theory and The Journal of British Cinema and Television.

Innehållsförteckning

List of Figures Acknowledgements Introduction Theorising Desire Hysterical Desire Gaze and Melodrama Shame and Desire Desire and Melancholia Conclusion: Desire and Embodiment Bibliography Notes Index