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Author by: Barbara Creed Language: en Publisher by: Routledge Format Available: PDF, ePub, Mobi Total Read: 75 Total Download: 483 File Size: 43,7 Mb Description: In almost all critical writings on the horror film, woman is conceptualised only as victim. In The Monstrous-Feminine Barbara Creed challenges this patriarchal view by arguing that the prototype of all definitions of the monstrous is the female reproductive body. With close reference to a number of classic horror films including the Alien trilogy, The Exorcist and Psycho, Creed analyses the seven `faces' of the monstrous-feminine: archaic mother, monstrous womb, vampire, witch, possessed body, monstrous mother and castrator. Her argument that man fears woman as castrator, rather than as castrated, questions not only Freudian theories of sexual difference but existing theories of spectatorship and fetishism, providing a provocative re-reading of classical and contemporary film and theoretical texts. Zoom 56k External Modem Drivers more.
Author by: Jane M. Ussher Language: en Publisher by: Routledge Format Available: PDF, ePub, Mobi Total Read: 90 Total Download: 194 File Size: 49,7 Mb Description: Managing the Monstrous Feminine takes a unique approach to the study of the material and discursive practices associated with the construction and regulation of the female body. Jane Ussher examines the ways in which medicine, science, the law and popular culture combine to produce fictions about femininity, positioning the reproductive body as the source of women's power, danger and weakness. Including sections on 'regulation', 'the subjectification of women' and 'women's negotiation and resistance', this book describes the construction of the 'monstrous feminine' in mythology, art, literature and film, revealing its implications for the regulation and experience of the fecund female body. Critical reviews are combined with case studies and extensive interview material to illuminate discussions of subjects including: the regulation of women through the body regimes of knowledge associated with reproduction intersubjectivity and the body women’s narratives of resistance. These insights into the relation between the construction of the female body and women's subjectivity will be of interest to those studying health psychology, social psychology, medical sociology, gender studies and cultural studies. Manual De Literatura Colombiana Fernando Ayala Poveda Pdf. The book will also appeal to all those looking for a high-level introduction to contemporary feminist thought on the female body.
'By reinstating the repressed mother and 'femme castratice in classic Freudian theory, and by extending Julia Kristeva's discussion of horror and abjection to fresh critical objects, Barbara Creed accessibly and convincingly demonstrates the relevance and productivity of psychoanalytic theory for cultural analysis.' Horror and the monstrous-feminine An imaginary abjection BARBARA CREED I Mother’s not herself today. – Norman Bates, Psycho All human societies have a conception.
Author by: Shohini Chaudhuri Language: en Publisher by: Routledge Format Available: PDF, ePub, Mobi Total Read: 99 Total Download: 627 File Size: 46,9 Mb Description: Focusing on the ground-breaking work of Laura Mulvey, Kaja Silverman, Teresa de Lauretis and Barbara Creed, this book explores how, since it began in the 1970s, feminist film theory has revolutionized the way that films and their spectators can be understood. Examining the new and distinctive approaches of each of these thinkers, this book provides the most detailed account so far of their ideas. It illuminates the six key concepts and demonstrates their value as tools for film analysis: the male gaze the female voice technologies of gender queering desire the monstrous-feminine masculinity in crisis.
Testing their ideas with a number of other examples from contemporary cinema and TV, Shohini Chaudhuri shows how these four thinkers construct their theories through their reading of films. A Song Of Ice And Fire Pdf Free Download Torrent. An excellent study companion for all students of film theory and women’s studies. Author by: Sharon Packer MD Language: en Publisher by: ABC-CLIO Format Available: PDF, ePub, Mobi Total Read: 99 Total Download: 436 File Size: 54,5 Mb Description: Evil isn't simply an abstract theological or philosophical talking point. In our society, the idea of evil feeds entertainment, manifests in all sorts of media, and is a root concept in our collective psyche. This accessible and appealing book examines what evil means to us.
• Includes the insights of scholars from widely different academic fields to inspect evil from various points of view, giving readers a broader perspective on the topic • Compiles expert opinions from American, American expatriate, European, Asian, and Middle Eastern contributors • Covers the portrayal of evil in many different forms of media—film, television, music, art, video games, literature, poetry—as well as in politics, current events, and the legal arena. Author by: Barbara Creed Language: en Publisher by: Academic Monographs Format Available: PDF, ePub, Mobi Total Read: 63 Total Download: 464 File Size: 55,8 Mb Description: 'Barbara Creed's intriguing study offers more than new insights into the origins of the cinema. Even more ambitious, it offers an alternative history of Western film as seen through the lens of Darwinism.' -Professor Jonathan Smith, University of Michigan, author of Charles Darwin and Victorian Visual Culture 'The central argument of Darwin's Screens is delivered with a breadth and scope of vision that leaves the reader in little doubt that Creed's study will have a significant impact on our understanding of contemporary cinema.' -Professor Tony Bennett, The Open University, author of The Birth of the Museum: History, Theory, Politics 'What a wonderful book! Barbara Creed's wide-ranging study soars-to take on the evolutionary implications of the movies, spanning classic horror, to science fiction, to film noir.' -Professor Barbara Maria Stafford, University of Chicago, author of Echo Objects: The Cognitive Work of Images Darwin's Screens addresses a major gap in film scholarship-the key influence of Charles Darwin's theories on the history of the cinema.