Acoustic Mirror. The Female Voice In Psychoanalysis And Cinema

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publisher Place: Usa
Publisher Year: 1988
Edition: First Edition

Description: 257 pages. Book is in general good condition. There is some light reading wear present, but still a presentable copy. The only exceptions are a small inscription to the inside page and light pencil underlining throughout. This can though be rubbed out if required.

Publishers Description: "... a vitally new understanding that takes us from the terms of the representation of sexual difference to an anatomy of female subjectivity which will be widely influential." •Stephen Heath"An original work likely to have significant impact on all those with an interest in the vibrant intersection of feminism, film theory, and psychoanalysis... " •Naomi Schor"... powerfully argued study... impressive... " •Choice"... important because of its innovative work on Hollywoods ideologically-charged construction of subjectivity.... what is exciting about The Acoustic Mirror is that it inspires one to reevaluate a number of now classical theoretical texts, and to see films with an eye to how authorship is constructed and subjectivity is generated." •Literature and Psychology"As evocative as it is shrewdly systematic, the pioneering theory of female subjectivity formulated in the final three chapters will have wide impact as a major contribution to feminist theory." •SubStanceThe Acoustic Mirror attempts to do for the sound-track what feminist film theory of the past decade has done for the image-track•to locate the points at which it is productive of sexual difference. The specific focus is the female voice understood not merely as spoken dialogue, narration, and commentary, but as a fantasmatic projection, and as a metaphor for authorship.

ISBN: 9780253204745