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The essays brought together in this book understand phobia not as a pathology, but as a versatile moral, political, and aesthetic resource – and one with a history. They demonstrate that enquiry into strong feelings of aversion has enabled writers and film-makers to say and show things they could not otherwise have said or shown; and in this way to get profoundly and provocatively to grips with the modern condition.
  • Makes extensive reference to original readings of a wide range of literary texts and films, from the 1850s to the present
  • Places a strong emphasis on the value phobia has held, in particular, for women activists, writers, and film-makers
  • Discusses a range of writers and film-makers from Dickens, Thackeray, and George Eliot through Hardy, Joyce, Ford and Woolf; from Jean Renoir through Hitchcock and Truffaut to Margarethe von Trotta and Pedro Almodóvar
  • Intervention in key debates in cultural theory and cultural history

The Uses of Phobia: Essays on Literature and Film

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    Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
    Publication Date: 11/06/2010
    ISBN13: 9781444333848, 978-1444333848
    ISBN10: 1444333844

    Number of Pages: 192

    Description

    The essays brought together in this book understand phobia not as a pathology, but as a versatile moral, political, and aesthetic resource – and one with a history. They demonstrate that enquiry into strong feelings of aversion has enabled writers and film-makers to say and show things they could not otherwise have said or shown; and in this way to get profoundly and provocatively to grips with the modern condition.
    • Makes extensive reference to original readings of a wide range of literary texts and films, from the 1850s to the present
    • Places a strong emphasis on the value phobia has held, in particular, for women activists, writers, and film-makers
    • Discusses a range of writers and film-makers from Dickens, Thackeray, and George Eliot through Hardy, Joyce, Ford and Woolf; from Jean Renoir through Hitchcock and Truffaut to Margarethe von Trotta and Pedro Almodóvar
    • Intervention in key debates in cultural theory and cultural history

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