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action movies
aesthetics
art history
Author_Kent L. Brintnall
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crucifixion
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erotics
film
francis bacon
gender
georges bataille
kaja silverman
male bodies
manhood
manliness
mapplethorpe
masculinity
masochism
nonfiction
pain
perseverance
photography
power
privilege
queer theory
redemption
religious studies
resurrection
sexuality
suffering
tenacity
violence
vulnerability
Product details
- ISBN 9780226074696
- Weight: 454g
- Dimensions: 16 x 24mm
- Publication Date: 23 Jan 2012
- Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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Images of suffering male bodies permeate Western culture, from Francis Bacon's paintings and Robert Mapplethorpe's photographs to the battered heroes of action movies. Drawing on perspectives from a range of disciplines - including religious studies, gender and queer studies, psychoanalysis, art history, and film theory - "Ecce Homo" explores the complex, ambiguous meanings of the enduring figure of the male-body-in-pain. Acknowledging that representations of men confronting violence and pain can reinforce ideas of manly tenacity, Kent L. Brintnall also argues that they reveal the vulnerability of men's bodies and open them up to eroticization. Locating the roots of our cultural fascination with male pain in the crucifixion, he analyzes the way narratives of Christ's death and resurrection both support and subvert cultural fantasies of masculine power and privilege. Through stimulating readings of works by Georges Bataille, Kaja Silverman, and more, Brintnall delineates the redemptive power of representations of male suffering and violence.
Kent L. Brintnall is assistant professor in the Department of Religious Studies and affiliate professor in the Women's and Gender Studies Program at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
