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Overview
This book combines three element: an articulation of Lacan's theory of ethics; a discussion of recent theories of feminine subjectivity and queer textuality; and close readings of Hitchcock's films. Hitchcock's Bi-Textuality argues that just as Freud posited a fundamental ground of bisexuality for every subject, we can affirm a form of universal "bi-textuality" that is repressed through different modes of representation, yet returns in unconscious aspects of textuality (dreams, word play, jokes, and symbolism). In order to illustrate this notion of bi-textuality, this work discusses how Hitchcock's films are extremely heterogeneous and present multiple forms of sexual identification and desire, although they have most often been read through the reductive lens of male heterosexuality.Editorials
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Although Hitchcock's films present multiple forms of sexual identification and desire, these have most often been read in terms of male heterosexuality. Samuels (English, George Washington U.) uses Jacques Lacan's theory of ethics, recent theories of feminine subjectivity and bisexuality, and Freud's notion of a fundamental ground of bisexuality for every subject to investigate the role of unconscious bisexual desire in Hitchcock's work, and the ways in which bisexuality is reflected in the textual elements of nine of the director's films. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.Book Details
Published
September 30, 2009
Publisher
State University of New York Press
ISBN
9781438418568