The Transparent I: Self/subject in European CinemaThis study analyzes the representations of human subjectivity in a number of European films, from «Pandora's Box» to «The American Friend.» The various analyses incorporate the issues prominent in current post-structuralist discourse, psychoanalysis, existentialism, and to some degree, contemporary art and science. The study challenges the assumptions of «suture» theory, while discussing extra-textual relationships between films and culture. |
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Discourses on Subjectivity | 1 |
An Image of Our Own Disappearance | 17 |
Self and Intentionality | 35 |
Copyright | |
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