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Theorising desire : from Freud to feminism to film / Kristyn Gorton.

By:

Gorton, Kristyn, 1972- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008Description: x, 182 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

1403989605
9781403989604

Subject(s):

Desire in motion pictures

DDC classification:

792.43653 22

LOC classification:

PN1995.9.D39 G67 2008

Online resources:

Contributor biographical information

Contents:

Introduction -- 1. Theorising Desire -- 2. Hysterical Desire -- 3. Gaze and Melodrama -- 4. Shame and Desire -- 5. Melancholia and Desire -- Conclusion: Desire and Embodiment -- Notes -- Filmography.

Summary: "What is the nature of desire? How do we theorise desire within cinema and television? The author provides an accessible introduction to the concept of desire, and a coherent critique of the competing theorisations of desire within contemporary theory. Through analysis of representations of desire in television programmes and films this book considers ways in which the concept of desire is theorised and presented on screen."--Publisher description.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-173) and index.

Includes filmography.

Introduction -- 1. Theorising Desire -- 2. Hysterical Desire -- 3. Gaze and Melodrama -- 4. Shame and Desire -- 5. Melancholia and Desire -- Conclusion: Desire and Embodiment -- Notes -- Filmography.

"What is the nature of desire? How do we theorise desire within cinema and television? The author provides an accessible introduction to the concept of desire, and a coherent critique of the competing theorisations of desire within contemporary theory. Through analysis of representations of desire in television programmes and films this book considers ways in which the concept of desire is theorised and presented on screen."--Publisher description.

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