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Sexual Difference in European Cinema: The Curse of Enjoyment
Fabio Vighi
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Description for Sexual Difference in European Cinema: The Curse of Enjoyment
Hardcover. 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. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; APFA; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 279 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
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.
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.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Number of Pages
258
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230549258
SKU
V9780230549258
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About Fabio Vighi
FABIO VIGHI teaches Italian and European Cinema at Cardiff University, UK. He is author of Le ragioni dell'altro: la formazione intellettuale di Pier Paolo Pasolini (2001), Traumatic Encounters in Italian Film (2005), Žižek Beyond Foucault (2007, with Heiko Feldner) and Did Somebody Say Ideology? On Slavoj Žižek and Consequences (2007, edited with Heiko Feldner).
Reviews for Sexual Difference in European Cinema: The Curse of Enjoyment
'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 ... Read more