The Acoustic Mirror: The Female Voice in Psychoanalysis and Cinema (Theories of Representation and Difference) 0253204747, 9780253204745

«  » »Description:… 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 reevaluate 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. » » SubStanceThe Acoustic Mirror attempts to do for the sound-track what feminist film theory of the past decade has done for the image-trackto locate the points at which it is productive of sexual difference. The specific focus is the female voice understood not merely as spoken dialogue, narration, and commentary, but as a fantasmatic projection, and as a metaphor for authorship. » » »



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