Sexual Difference in European Cinema: The Curse of Enjoyment

By Fabio Vighi

Book Overview

What can film tell us about enjoyment and sexual difference? Can cinematic fiction be more Real than reality? Fabio Vighi looks at Jacques Lacan's theory of sexuality alongside some of the best-known works of European cinema, including films by Fellini, Truffaut, Antonioni and Bergman.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 023054925X
• ISBN13: 9780230549258
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.5"