شیء زشت: تجلی‌های آلت تناسلی در نظریه، ادبیات و سینمای معاصر فرانسه (کیازما ۱۷)

This book addresses representations and constructions of masculinity in crisis in contemporary French culture by way of two important concepts – the phallus (largely but not solely in (a) Lacanian sense(s)) and abjection (Kristeva). Scrutiny of these concepts informs readings of a number of texts – literary (Bataille, Adamov, Doubrovsky, Houellebecq, Rochefort, Angot) and cinematic (Ferreri, Eustache, Godard, Noé, Bonello) – in which the abject phallus is a significant factor. The texts chosen all describe or stage crises of masculinity and mastery in ways that suggest that these supposedly beneficent qualities – and the phallus that symbolizes them – can often be perceived as burdensome or even detestable. Abjection is a widely-used concept in contemporary cultural studies, but has not hitherto been articulated with the phallus as emblem of male dominance as it is here. The volume will be of interest to those working in the areas of French, gender and film studies. Contents Introduction Chapter One: The Lacanian phallus Chapter Two: Abjection Chapter Three: The abject phallus in fiction: Bataille and Adamov Chapter Four: Abject phalluses, abject penises: Serge Doubrovsky and Michel Houellebecq Chapter Five: Phallic narrative transvestism: Christiane Rochefort and Christine Angot Chapter Six: The abject phallus in cinema: Godard, Ferreri, Eustache, Noé, Bonello Conclusion Bibliography Index Cover 1 Contents 8 Author’s note and acknowledgements 10 Introduction 12 Chapter One The Lacanian Phallus 18 Chapter Three The abject phallus in fiction: Bataille and Adamov 56 Chapter Four Abject phalluses, abject penises: Serge Doubrovsky and Michel Houellebecq 88 Chapter Five Phallic Narrative Transvestism: Christiane Rochefort and Christine Angot 136 Chapter Six The Abject Phallus in Cinema: Godard, Ferreri, Eustache, Noéand Bonello 166 Conclusion 206 Bibliography 209 Index 221 Chapter Two Abjection 40 Malcolm Bowie has described the phallus for Lacan as 'the signifier that holds all signifieds in thrall' (124), and it sometimes seems to do the same for all other signifiers too, so central to his work and endlessly debated in writings about it has it become. Keith Reader. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 208-219) And Index.