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  • Genius After Psychoanalysis

    Freud and Lacan

    Series series Psychoanalytic Horizons
    Develops a new psychoanalytic theory of genius, a concept that is often invoked and pervasive in popular culture but which is rarely scrutinized in depth.In the absence of this scrutiny, genius has come to be understood as exceptional talent or intelligence-an elitist notion. Genius After Psychoanalysis intervenes in this debate by offering a new account of genius.Drawing on the work of Sigmund ... Read more

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  • Feminist Film Theory and Cléo from 5 to 7

    by Hilary Neroni ...
    Series series Film Theory in Practice
    The Film Theory in Practice series fills a gaping hole in the world of film theory. By marrying the explanation of a film theory with the interpretation of a film, the volumes provide discrete examples of how film theory can serve as the basis for textual analysis. Feminist Film Theory and Cléo from 5 to 7 offers a concise introduction to feminist film theory in jargon-free language and shows how ... Read more

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    by Hilary Neroni ...
    Series series Film Theory in Practice
    The Film Theory in Practice series fills a gaping hole in the world of film theory. By marrying the explanation of a film theory with the interpretation of a film, the volumes provide discrete examples of how film theory can serve as the basis for textual analysis. Realist Film Theory and Bicycle Thieves offers a concise introduction to realist film theory in jargon-free language and shows how ... Read more

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  • The Violent Woman

    Femininity, Narrative, and Violence in Contemporary American Cinema

    by Hilary Neroni ...
    Series series SUNY series in Feminist Criticism and Theory
    Looks at how violent women characters disrupt cinematic narrative and challenge cultural ideals.In The Violent Woman, Hilary Neroni brings psychoanalytically informed film theory to bear on issues of femininity, violence, and narrative in contemporary American cinema. Examining such films as Thelma and Louise, Fargo, Natural Born Killers, and The Long Kiss Goodnight, Neroni explores why American ... Read more

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  • The Subject of Torture

    Psychoanalysis and Biopolitics in Television and Film

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    Considering representations of torture in such television series as 24, Alias, and Homeland; the documentaries Taxi to the Dark Side (2007), Ghosts of Abu Ghraib (2007), and Standard Operating Procedure (2008); and "torture porn" feature films from the Saw and Hostel series, Hilary Neroni unites aesthetic and theoretical analysis to provide a unique portal into theorizing biopower and its relation ... Read more

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    Series series a Camera Obscura Book
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  • Reel to Real

    Race, Sex and Class at the Movies

    by bell hooks ...
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  • Terrorist Assemblages

    Homonationalism in Queer Times

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