The Abject Object
Subtitle: Avatars of the Phallus in Contemporary French Theory, Literature and Film (Chiasma 17) (Chiasma)
Publisher: Rodopi
Published: February 15, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 225
ISBN-13: 9789042017290
Subjects: Cultural studies; Film theory & criticism; Literary studies: from c 1900 -; Literary Criticism; French; France; General
First sentence: Malcolm Bowie has described the phallus for Lacan as 'the signifier that holds all signifieds in thrall' (124), and it sometimes seems to do the same for all other signifiers too, so central to his work and endlessly debated in writings about it has it become.