Explores lesbians in film, from early representations to contemporary ones, spanning 25 films over 60 years and concentrating on lesbian desire and the lesbian subtext. The text details the films' narratives in conjunction with an examination of spectating positions and new syntheses of languages. Deploying femininist film criticism and material from psychoanalysis, the book explores narrative, identifications and desire. It discusses the masculinization of desire and speculates on alternatives to the socio-sexual order. From castration and agency to the fetishization of beauty, from mothering, narcissism and Oedipus to rage and trauma, the text discusses key issues for the constitution of the subject.
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Höhe: 216 mm
Breite: 135 mm
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978-0-304-33382-0 (9780304333820)
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Part 1 Desire: lesbian representations in film - mermaids in the desert - must be seeing things; lesbian desire on the screen - "The Hunger"; the castration of lesbian desire in cinema - a matter of some agency - Sister George not at her personal best; European lesbians in film - reformulating the fetishization of beauty - November moon falls at first sight; lesbian desire for bedding lesbians in cinema - plural positionalities - Claire of the moon wants to go fish, when night is falling. Part 2 Subtext: lesbian representations from text to screen - reworking the received - "The Color Purple" and "Fried Green Tomatoes"; lesbians come out on celluloid - rage and trauma as subtext - Lianna on thin ice listens to nocturne; early cinema lesbians in and out of the closet - the subtext speaks the unspeakable - Rebecca seeks Queen Christina with several "madchen"/maidens in uniform; lesbians spectating of film - extratext, subtext, intertext, interdiscourse - "Desperately Seeking Susan" at the "Bagdad Cafe" looking for salmonberries and fire; the lesbian subtext in cinema - resistant readings - "Thelma and Louise".
