The cinematic body
By: Steven Shaviro.
Series: Theory out of bounds ;; v. 2
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
Subjects: Motion pictures -- Aesthetics; Film criticism -- Philosophy
Description: In The Cinematic Body, Steven Shaviro proposes a radical new approach to film viewing. Moving between Jerry Lewis and Andy Warhol, between Fassbinder{u2019}s gay sex icons and George Romero{u2019}s flesh-eating zombies, The Cinematic Body cuts across disciplinary boundaries and seeks to engage new currents in critical thought.

Shaviro radically critiques the Lacanian model currently popular in film theory and film studies, arguing against that model{u2019}s obsessive emphasis on the phallus, castration anxiety, sadistic master, ideology, and the structure of the signifier. In this groundbreaking volume, Shaviro effectively communicates a sense of the inescapable ambivalence and intensities of contemporary culture, ultimately affirming a thoroughly postmodern sensibility.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [268]-272) and index.