..". 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
..". important because of its innovative work on Hollywood's ideologically-charged construction of subjectivity.... what is exciting about The Acoustic...
..". a vitally new understanding that takes us from the terms of the representation of sexual difference to an anatomy of female subjectivity which...
Explorations in Film Theory is a selection of some of the most influential articles which originally appeared in Cine-Tracts one of the journals which helped define contemporary film theory. The articles represent crucial ideas and theories in the areas of film and communications studies, feminist studies, and film history. They challenge the way theoreticians and filmmakers have not come to grips with sexual difference, and they raise questions about image and how images produce meaning. Bertolt Brecht, Walter Benjamin, Dziga-Vertov, pornography, educational television, and the New German...
Explorations in Film Theory is a selection of some of the most influential articles which originally appeared in Cine-Tracts one of the journals wh...
In her book, Kaja Silverman sets out to offer a bold new look at some masculinities which deviate from the social norm. Male Subjectivity at the Margins reads male film-makers, novelists and literary cinematic characters who position themselves more as women than as men and in so doing surrender male power and privilege.
In her book, Kaja Silverman sets out to offer a bold new look at some masculinities which deviate from the social norm. Male Subjectivity at the Margi...
Combining phenomenology and psychoanalysis in highly innovative ways, this book seeks to undo the binary opposition between appearance and Being that has been in place since Plato's parable of the cave. It is, essentially, an essay on what could be called -world love, - the possibility and necessity for psychic survival of a profound and vital erotic investment by a human being in the cosmic surround. Here, the author takes her cue from Freud's assertion that the -loss of reality- associated with psychosis is a function of a disturbance not in the capacity to reason or perceive, but rather in...
Combining phenomenology and psychoanalysis in highly innovative ways, this book seeks to undo the binary opposition between appearance and Being that ...
Probably the most prominent living filmmaker, and one of the foremost directors of the postwar era, Jean Luc-Godard has received astonishingly little critical attention in the United States. With Speaking about Godard, leading film theorist Kaja Silverman and filmmaker Harun Farocki have made one of the most significant contributions to film studies in recent memory: a lively set of conversations about Godard and his major films, from Contempt to Passion.
Combining the insights of a feminist film theorist with those of an avant-garde filmmaker, these eight...
Probably the most prominent living filmmaker, and one of the foremost directors of the postwar era, Jean Luc-Godard has received astonishingly litt...
Probably the most prominent living filmmaker, and one of the foremost directors of the postwar era, Jean Luc-Godard has received astonishingly little critical attention in the United States. With Speaking about Godard, leading film theorist Kaja Silverman and filmmaker Harun Farocki have made one of the most significant contributions to film studies in recent memory: a lively set of conversations about Godard and his major films, from Contempt to Passion.
Combining the insights of a feminist film theorist with those of an avant-garde filmmaker, these eight...
Probably the most prominent living filmmaker, and one of the foremost directors of the postwar era, Jean Luc-Godard has received astonishingly litt...
The Miracle of Analogy is the first of a two-volume reconceptualization of photography. It argues that photography originates in what is seen, rather than in the human eye or the camera lens, and that it is the world's primary way of revealing itself to us. Neither an index, representation, nor copy, as conventional studies would have it, the photographic image is an analogy. This principle obtains at every level of its being: a photograph analogizes its referent, the negative from which it is generated, every other print that is struck from that negative, and all of its digital...
The Miracle of Analogy is the first of a two-volume reconceptualization of photography. It argues that photography originates in what is seen, ...
Combining phenomenology and psychoanalysis in highly innovative ways, this book seeks to undo the binary opposition between appearance and Being that has been in place since Plato's parable of the cave. It is, essentially, an essay on what could be called -world love, - the possibility and necessity for psychic survival of a profound and vital erotic investment by a human being in the cosmic surround. Here, the author takes her cue from Freud's assertion that the -loss of reality- associated with psychosis is a function of a disturbance not in the capacity to reason or perceive, but rather in...
Combining phenomenology and psychoanalysis in highly innovative ways, this book seeks to undo the binary opposition between appearance and Being that ...
