Male Subjectivity at the Margins

by Kaja Silverman

Overview

Through the examination of a range of literary and cinematic texts, from William Wyler's classic The Best Years of Our Lives to the novels of Henry James, Silverman offers a bold new look at masculinities which deviate from the social norm.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415904193
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/22/1992
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	464
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Kaja Silverman teaches at the University of California at Berkeley.

Table of Contents

Introduction Ideology and Masculinity l The Dominant Fiction 2 Historical Trauma and Male Subjectivity. The Gaze and the Look 3 Fassbinder and Lacan: A Reconsideration of Gaze, Look and Image 4 Too Early/Too Late: Male Subjectivity and the Primal Scene. Masochism 5 Masochism and Male Subjectivity 6 Masochistic Ecstasy and the Ruination of Masculinity in Fassbinder's Cinema. Libidinal Politics 7 White Skins, Brown Masks: The Double Mimesis, or With Lawrence in Arabia 8 A Woman's Soul Enclosed in a Man's Body: Femininity in Male Homosexuality