The Picture of Abjection

Film, Fetish, and the Nature of Difference

Nonfiction, Entertainment, Film, History & Criticism, Performing Arts, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Gender Studies, Women&
Cover of the book The Picture of Abjection by Tina Chanter, Indiana University Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Tina Chanter ISBN: 9780253027771
Publisher: Indiana University Press Publication: January 11, 2008
Imprint: Indiana University Press Language: English
Author: Tina Chanter
ISBN: 9780253027771
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication: January 11, 2008
Imprint: Indiana University Press
Language: English

Tina Chanter resolves a fundamental problem in film theory by negotiating a middle path between "gaze theory" approaches to film and spectator studies or cultural theory approaches that emphasize the position of the viewer and thereby take account of race, class, gender, and sexuality. Chanter argues that abjection is the unthought ground of fetishistic theories. If the feminine has been the privileged excluded other of psychoanalytic theory, fueled by the myth of castration and the logic of disavowal, when fetishism is taken up by race theory, or cultural theory, the multiple and fluid registers of abjection are obscured. By mobilizing a theory of abjection, the book shows how the appeal to phallic, fetishistic theories continues to reify the hegemonic categories of race, class, sexuality, and gender, as if they stood as self-evident categories.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Tina Chanter resolves a fundamental problem in film theory by negotiating a middle path between "gaze theory" approaches to film and spectator studies or cultural theory approaches that emphasize the position of the viewer and thereby take account of race, class, gender, and sexuality. Chanter argues that abjection is the unthought ground of fetishistic theories. If the feminine has been the privileged excluded other of psychoanalytic theory, fueled by the myth of castration and the logic of disavowal, when fetishism is taken up by race theory, or cultural theory, the multiple and fluid registers of abjection are obscured. By mobilizing a theory of abjection, the book shows how the appeal to phallic, fetishistic theories continues to reify the hegemonic categories of race, class, sexuality, and gender, as if they stood as self-evident categories.

More books from Indiana University Press

Cover of the book Bush on the Home Front by Tina Chanter
Cover of the book The Golden Age of Indiana High School Basketball by Tina Chanter
Cover of the book Looking After Minidoka by Tina Chanter
Cover of the book Negative Theology as Jewish Modernity by Tina Chanter
Cover of the book The B Word by Tina Chanter
Cover of the book Music and Embodied Cognition by Tina Chanter
Cover of the book Ornaments and Other Ambiguous Artifacts from Franchthi by Tina Chanter
Cover of the book The Palestinian National Revival by Tina Chanter
Cover of the book Shrubs Large and Small by Tina Chanter
Cover of the book The Bill Cook Story II by Tina Chanter
Cover of the book Africa’s First Democrats by Tina Chanter
Cover of the book Sex Radical Cinema by Tina Chanter
Cover of the book Persuasion, Reflection, Judgment by Tina Chanter
Cover of the book Hip Hop Africa by Tina Chanter
Cover of the book UNESCO on the Ground by Tina Chanter
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy