Sexual Difference in European Cinema: The Curse of Enjoyment - Softcover

Vighi, F.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1349361682 ISBN 13: 9781349361687

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009

Synopsis

What can film tell us about enjoyment and sexual difference? Can cinematic fiction be more Real than reality? Fabio Vighi looks at Jacques Lacan's theory of sexuality alongside some of the best-known works of European cinema, including films by Fellini, Truffaut, Antonioni and Bergman.

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Review:

'Fabio Vighi has not simply redefined European cinema but has opened up an entire field of study. This book begins to fill the immense lacuna within contemporary film studies surrounding recent developments in Lacanian theory. The interpretations that he provides offer a radical rethinking of Rohmer, Fellini, Antonioni, Bergman, and many other important directors. After Sexual Difference in European Cinema , what's at stake in the work of these directors becomes truly apparent for the first time.' - Todd McGowan, University of Vermont, USA

Book Description:

An exploration of Lacan's theory of sexual difference with reference to some of the best-known works of post-war European cinema, including films by Fellini, Bergman and Truffaut

About this edition

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1349361682
• ISBN 13: 9781349361687
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 263