Author: Kaja Silverma
Publisher: Indiana University Pre
Keywords: theories, representation, difference, cinema, psychoanalysis, mirror, female, voice, acoustic
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 1988-04-01
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0253204747
ISBN-13: 9780253204745

"... a vitally new understanding that takes us from the terms of the representation of sexual difference to an anatomy of female subjectivity which will be widely influential." -- Stephen Heath"An original work likely to have significant impact on all those with an interest in the vibrant intersection of feminism, film theory, and psychoanalysis... " -- Naomi Schor"... powerfully argued study... impressive... " -- Choice"... important because of its innovative work on Hollywood’s ideologically-charged construction of subjectivity.... what is exciting about The Acoustic Mirror is that it

Author: Kaja Silverma
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: margins, subjectivity, male
Number of Pages: 464
Published: 1992-04-22
List price: $44.95
ISBN-10: 0415904196
ISBN-13: 9780415904193

In her provocative new book, Kaja Silverman offers a bold new look at some masculinities which deviate from the social norm. Male Subjectivity at the Margins brilliantly reads male filmmakers, novelists and literary cinematic characters who position themselves more as "women" than as "men" and in so doing surrender male power and privilege. Silverman writes about male masochism, homosexuality, exhibitionism from a sympathetic point of view, arguing that these so-called "perversions" can be better undrstood from a political perspective rather than a moral one. In fact Male Subjectivity at the M

Author: Kaja Silverma
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: world, visible, threshold
Number of Pages: 264
Published: 1995-12-05
List price: $37.95
ISBN-10: 0415910390
ISBN-13: 9780415910392

In The Threshold of the Visible World Kaja Silverman advances a revolutionary new political aesthetic, exploring the possibilities for looking beyond the restrictive mandates of the self, and the normative aspects of the cultural image-repertoire. She provides a detailed account of the social and psychic forces which constrain us to look and identify in normative ways, and the violence which that normativity implies.

Author: Kaja Silverman
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: semiotics, subject
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 1984-12-13
List price: $39.95
ISBN-10: 0195031784
ISBN-13: 9780195031782

This provocative book undertakes a new and challenging reading of recent semiotic and structuralist theory, arguing that films, novels, and poems cannot be studied in isolation from their viewers and readers.

Author: Kaja Silverman
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Keywords: flesh
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 2009-10-23
List price: $21.95
ISBN-10: 0804762082
ISBN-13: 9780804762083

What is a woman? What is a man? How do they—and how should they—relate to each other? Does our yearning for "wholeness" refer to something real, and if there is a Whole, what is it, and why do we feel so estranged from it? For centuries now, art and literature have increasingly valorized uniqueness and self-sufficiency. The theoreticians who loom so large within contemporary thought also privilege difference over similarity. Silverman reminds us that this is but half the story, and a dangerous half at that, for if we are all individuals, we are doomed to be rivals and enemies. A much older

Authors:Kaja Silverman, Harun Farocki,
Publisher: NYU Press
Keywords: godard, speaking
Number of Pages: 243
Published: 1998-07-01
List price: $22.00
ISBN-10: 0814780660
ISBN-13: 9780814780664

Author: Sue William Silverma
Publisher: University of Georgia Pre
Keywords: memoir, guide, writer, confessions, fearless
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2009-06-01
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 082033166X
ISBN-13: 9780820331669

Everyone has a story to tell. Fearless Confessions is a guidebook for people who want to take possession of their lives by putting their experiences down on paper--or in a Web site or e-book. Enhanced with illustrative examples from many different writers as well as writing exercises, this guide helps writers navigate a range of issues from craft to ethics to marketing and will be useful to both beginners and more accomplished writers.The rise of interest in memoir recognizes the power of the genre to move and affect not just individual readers but society at large. Sue William Silverman cover