The Future of an Illusion: Film, Feminism, and Psychoanalysis (Media and Society) - Hardcover

Penley, Constance

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0816617716 ISBN 13: 9780816617715

Publisher: Univ of Minnesota Pr, 1989

Synopsis

Explores the position of women in the classical Hollywood narrative, the construction of the spectator's desire in pornography and the implicit male bias in psychoanalysis oriented film theory. This book should be of interest to students and teachers in film studies and feminist theory.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

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About the Author:

Constance Penley is professor of Film and Media Studies at the University of California Santa Barbara and the co-director of the Center for Film, Television and New Media.

About this edition

• Publisher: Univ of Minnesota Pr
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0816617716
• ISBN 13: 9780816617715
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 207