{"product_id":"the-acoustic-mirror-9780253204745","title":"The Acoustic Mirror","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAttempts to do for the sound-track what feminist film theory has done for the image-track - to locate the points at which it is productive of sexual difference. This work focuses on the female voice understood not merely as spoken dialogue, narration, and commentary, but as a fantasmatic projection, and as a metaphor for authorship.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\" ... 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 Hollywood's ideologically-charged construction of subjectivity... what is exciting about The Acoustic Mirror is that it inspires one to re-evaluate 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.\" -- SubStance\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e[1] Lost Objects and Mistaken Subjects: A Prologue\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e[2] Body Talk\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e[3] The Fantasy of the Maternal Voice: Paranoia and Compensation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e[4] The Fantasy of the Maternal Voice: Female Subjectivity and the Negative Oedipus Complex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e[5] Disembodying the Female Voice: Irigaray, Experimental Feminist Cinema, and Femininity\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e[6] The Female Authorial Voice\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400633000279,"sku":"9780253204745","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-acoustic-mirror-9780253204745","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}