Cinematic Body: Volume 2

by Steven Shaviro

Book Overview

In The Cinematic Body, Steven Shaviro proposes a radical new approach to film viewing. Moving between Jerry Lewis and Andy Warhol, between Fassbinder's gay sex icons and George Romero's flesh-eating zombies, The Cinematic Body cuts across disciplinary boundaries and seeks to engage new currents in critical thought.

Shaviro radically critiques the Lacanian model currently popular in film theory and film...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816622949
• ISBN13: 9780816622948
• Release Date: July 1993
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.9" x 10.0"