Masculinity, psychoanalysis, straight queer theory : essays on abjection in literature, mass culture, and film /

"Using Lacanian psychoanalysis and queer theory to explore the unstable relationship between heterosexual masculine identity and cultural representation, this book examines the ways straight men are queered and abjected in literature, theory, and film."--Publisher.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Thomas, Calvin, 1956- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Abjection in literature. Abjection in motion pictures. Masculinity in literature. Masculinity in motion pictures. Masculinity in mass media. Queer theory. Männlichkeit Erniedrigung > Motiv Literatur Abweisung Englisch Film Film. Englisch. Manlighet i litteraturen. Manlighet i filmen.
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Table of Contents:

Introduction : abject (without) apologies
Beginning with a bit of (be)hindsight ...
Re-enfleshing the bright boys; or, How male bodies might matter to feminist theory
Must desire be taken literally?
Cultural droppings : on Bersani and Beckett
Is what you want something you can discuss?
"It's no longer your film" : abjection and (the) Mulholland (death) Drive.