About this book
The Acoustic Mirror: The Female Voice in Psychoanalysis and Cinema (Theories of Representation and Difference) by Silverman, Kaja is a book available to read on EtoBox.
<p>"... 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</p> <p>"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</p> <p>"... powerfully argued study... impressive... " —<br> Choice</p> <p>"... 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</p> <p>"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." —<br> SubStance</p> <p>The Acoustic Mirror attempts to do for the sound-track what feminist film theory of the past decade has done for the image-track — to locate the points at wh
- Author
- Silverman, Kaja
- Publisher
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, C1988.
- Published
- 1988
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780253204745
- Subjects
- Performing Arts, Sports, Literary Fiction