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Theorizing Desire

From Freud to Feminism to Film

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  • © 2008

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Authors:
  1. Kristyn Gorton

    1. Department of Theatre, Film and Television, University of York, UK

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • Kristyn Gorton
    Pages 1-6

  3. Theorising Desire

    • Kristyn Gorton
    Pages 7-37

  4. Hysterical Desire

    • Kristyn Gorton
    Pages 38-63

  5. Gaze and Melodrama

    • Kristyn Gorton
    Pages 64-92

  6. Shame and Desire

    • Kristyn Gorton
    Pages 93-116

  7. Melancholia and Desire

    • Kristyn Gorton
    Pages 117-139

  8. Conclusion: Desire and Embodiment

    • Kristyn Gorton
    Pages 140-148

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 149-182
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About this book

What is the nature of desire? This book gives an accessible introduction to the concept, and a coherent critique of the competing theories of desire within contemporary theory. Through analysis of representations of desire in television and film, it considers ways in which the concept is theorized and presented on screen.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Theatre, Film and Television, University of York, UK

    Kristyn Gorton

About the author

KRISTYN GORTON is Lecturer in the Department of Theatre, Film& Television at York University, UK. She is the author of Psychoanalysis and the Portrayal of Desire in Twentieth-Century Fiction: A Feminist Critique (2007) and has published articles in Studies in European Cinema, Feminist Theory and The Journal of British Cinema and Television.

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