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Hardcover The Female Body in the Looking-Glass: Contemporary Art, Aesthetics and Genderland Book

ISBN: 1780766440

ISBN13: 9781780766447

The Female Body in the Looking-Glass: Contemporary Art, Aesthetics and Genderland

In his theory of the 'mirror stage', the psychoanalyst and psychiatrist Jacques Lacan argued that the female body is defined by its lack of male attributes. Within this framework, he described female sexuality primarily as an absence, and assumed female subordination to the male gaze. However, what happens if one follows Jean Baudrillard's advice to 'swallow the mirror' and go through the 'looking-glass' to explore the reflections and realities...

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