The Picture of Abjection: Film, Fetish, and the Nature of Difference

by Tina Chanter

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Tina Chanter resolves a fundamental problem in film theory by negotiating a middle path between "gaze theory" approaches to film and spectator studies or cultural theory approaches that emphasize the position of the viewer and thereby take account of race, class, gender, and sexuality. Chanter argues that abjection is the unthought ground of fetishistic theories. If the feminine has been the privileged excluded other of psychoanalytic theory, fueled...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0253219183

ISBN13:9780253219183

Release Date:January 2008

Publisher:Indiana University Press

Length:392 Pages

Weight:1.25 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 6.2" x 9.3"

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Arts, Music & Photography Performing Arts Social Science Social Sciences

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