The Acoustic Mirror: The Female Voice in Psychoanalysis and Cinema (Theories of Representation and Difference)
" ... a vitally new understanding that takes us from the terms of the representation of sexual difference to an anatomy of female subjectivity which will be widely influential."-- Stephen Heath "An original work likely to have significant impact on all those with an interest in the vibrant intersection of feminism, film theory, and psychoanalysis ..." -- Naomi Schor " ... powerfully argued study ... impressive ..." -- Choice " ... important because of its innovative work on Hollywood's ideologically-charged construction of subjectivity... what is exciting about The Acoustic Mirror is that it inspires one to re-evaluate a number of now classical theoretical texts, and to see films with an eye to how authorship is constructed and subjectivity is generated." -- Literature and Psychology "As evocative as it is shrewdly systematic, the pioneering theory of female subjectivity formulated in the final three chapters will have wide impact as a major contribution to feminist theory." -- SubStance