Image into Identity: Constructing and Assigning Identity in a Culture of Modernity (Studia Imagologica 11) (Studia Imagologica)

Annotation The pervading theme of this book is the construction and allocation of identity, especially through images and imagery. The essays analyse how the dominant social discourses and imageries construct identity or assign subject positions in relation to the categories of race, nation, region, gender and language. The volume is designed to inform the study of those categories in cultural studies, sociology, anthropology, gender studies, literary studies, philosophy and history. Its coverage is geographically global, multidisciplinary, and theoretically eclectic, but also accessible. The authors include both established and rising scholars from historical, literary, media, gender and cultural studies. This innovative collection will appeal to all those who are interested in the mechanisms of constructing and evolving personal and group identities, in past and present The Pervading Theme Of This Book Is The Construction And Allocation Of Identity, Especially Through Images And Imagery. The Essays Analyse How The Dominant Social Discourses And Imageries Construct Identity Or Assign Subject Positions In Relation To The Categories Of Race, Nation, Region, Gender And Language. The Volume Is Designed To Inform The Study Of Those Categories In Cultural Studies, Sociology, Anthropology, Gender Studies, Literary Studies, Philosophy And History. Its Coverage Is Geographically Global, Multidisciplinary, And Theoretically Eclectic, But Also Accessible. The Authors Inc. The Construction And Allocation Of Identity Through Images And Imagery: An Introduction / John Osborne And Michael Wintle -- The Downward Pull Of Cultural Essentialism / Joep Leerssen -- Coming To Terms With Franco's Legacy: Trauma And Cultural Difference In The Work Of Juan Goytisolo / Brigitte Adriaensen -- Killing An Arab? Ghostlier Demarcations In Hafid Bouazza's 'spookstad' And 'abdullah's Feet' / Henriette Louwerse -- Cast In Celluloid: Imag(in)ing Identities In South African Cinema / Jacqueline Maingard -- Black Skin, Big Hair: The Cultural Appropriation Of The 'afro' / Angeline Morrison -- Republics, Tribes And National Identities / Paul Gilbert -- 'par Les Yeux Parler A L'intelligence': The Visualization Of The Past In Nineteenth-century Belgium / Tom Verschaffel -- The Schizophrenia Of An Icon: The Impact Of Thyl Uylenspiegel On National And Gender Identities In Belgium In The Nineteenth And Twentieth Centuries / Marnix Beyen -- On Being Chinese/ Adrian Chan -- How To Do Things With Gender: Transgenderism In Virginia Woolf's Orlando / Stef Craps -- (porno)graphic Depictions: Image And Sexual Identity / Mary Anne Franks -- Women's Image And National Identity In The Indian Nationalist Movement / Nuria Lopez -- Resurrecting Carmen: Sexual And Ethnic Identity In The Cinema / Ann Davies -- Embodying The Nation: Viviane Romance In Carmen (1945) And Rita Hayworth In The Loves Of Carmen (1948) / Phil Powrie -- Becoming Butterfly: Apparatuses Of Capture And Evasion / Joy James -- Translation In The Rehearsal Room: Serious Play At The Cultural Interface / Gay Mcauley. Edited By Michael Wintle. Proceedings Of A Conference Held Sept. 2000 At The University Of Hull. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Contents......Page 6 Acknowledgements......Page 8 List of Figures and Tables......Page 9 Notes on Contributors......Page 10 INTRODUCTORY......Page 14 1. The Construction and Allocation of Identity through Images and Imagery: an Introduction......Page 16 2. The Downward Pull of Cultural Essentialism......Page 32 IMMIGRATION AND RACE......Page 52 3. Coming to Terms with Franco’s Legacy: Trauma and Cultural Difference in the Work of Juan Goytisolo......Page 54 4. Killing an Arab? Ghostlier Demarcations in Hafid Bouazza’s ‘Spookstad’ and ‘Abdullah’s Feet’......Page 70 5. Cast in Celluloid: Imag(in)ing Identities in South African Cinema......Page 84 6. Black Skin, Big Hair: the Cultural Appropriation of the 'Afro’......Page 102 NATIONAL AND REGIONAL IDENTITY......Page 118 7. Republics, Tribes and National Identities......Page 120 8. ‘Par les Yeux Parler à l’Intelligence’: the Visualization of the Past in Nineteenth-Century Belgium......Page 132 9. The Schizophrenia of an Icon: the Impact of Thyl Uylenspiegel on National and Gender Identities in Belgium in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries......Page 146 10. On Being Chinese......Page 160 GENDER......Page 174 11. How to Do Things with Gender: Transgenderism in Virginia Woolf’s Orlando......Page 176 12. (Porno)Graphic Depictions: Image and Sexual Identity......Page 192 13. Women’s Image and National Identity in the Indian Nationalist Movement......Page 200 TEXT AND IDENTITY......Page 210 14. Resurrecting Carmen: Sexual and Ethnic Identity in the Cinema......Page 212 15. Embodying the Nation: Viviane Romance in Carmen (1945) and Rita Hayworth in The Loves of Carmen (1948)......Page 224 16. Becoming Butterfly: Apparatuses of Capture and Evasion......Page 238 17. Translation in the Rehearsal Room: Serious Play at the Cultural Interface......Page 256 B......Page 272 C......Page 273 E......Page 274 H......Page 275 K......Page 276 M......Page 277 O......Page 278 R......Page 279 S......Page 280 W......Page 281 Z......Page 282