Sexual difference in european cinema: the curse of enjoyment

Sexual difference in european cinema: the curse of enjoyment

Vighi, Fabio

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What can film tell us about enjoyment and sexual difference? Can cinematic fiction be more Real than reality? Fabio Vighi looks at Jacques Lacanb s theory of sexuality alongside some of the best-known works of European cinema, including films by Fellini, Truffaut, Antonioni and Bergman. INDICE: Introduction - PART I: THE COMFORT OF FANTASIES - Sublime Objects:The Antinomies of Masculine Sexuality from Fellini to Truffaut - Ethics of Drive: On Beauty and its Enjoyment from Rohmer to Pasolini - Unbearable Freedoms: The Real of Sexual Difference from Rossellini to Fassbinder - PART II: VARIATIONS ON FEMININE ENJOYMENT - In the Beginning was Enjoyment: The Emergence ofFeminine Desire in Bergman and Antonioni - About Nothing, with Precision: Femininity Unbound from Ophuls to Antonioni - In Film Beyond Film: On the Ontological Primacy of Woman - Conclusion - Bibliography - Index -

  • ISBN: 978-0-230-54925-8
  • Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
  • Encuadernacion: Cartoné
  • Páginas: 264
  • Fecha Publicación: 29/01/2009
  • Nº Volúmenes: 1
  • Idioma: Inglés