Hitchcock’s Bi-textuality Lacan Feminisms And Queer TheoryBY ROBERT SAMUELS EN VENTA AQUI This book combines three elements: an articulation of Lacan’s theory of ethics; a discussion of recent theories of feminine subjectivity and queer textuality; and close readings of Hitchcock’s films. Hitchcock’s Bi-Textuality argues that just as Freud posited a fundamental ground of bisexuality for every subject, we can affirm a form of universal “bi-textuality” that is repressed through different modes of representation, yet returns in unconscious aspects of textuality (dreams, word play, jokes, and symbolism). In order to illustrate this notion of bi-textuality, this work discusses how Hitchcock’s films are extremely heterogeneous and present multiple forms of sexual identification and desire, although they have most often been read through the reductive lens of male heterosexuality. Throughout this book, the work of Julia Kristeva, Kaja Silverman, Judith Butler, Luce Irigaray, and Slavoj Zizek is examined. One of the central concerns is the way that different psychoanalytic and feminist theories tend to equate the Real and the unconscious with the feminine. This feminization of the Real tends to block the awareness of the bisexual nature of the unconscious. In order to return to Freud’s fundamental theory of polyvalent sexuality, recent notions of queer sexuality and textuality are explored. This book extends psychoanalytic theory by incorporating new feminist and queer conceptions of sexuality and representation.
¿Puede la homosexualidad concebirse como «parte plena y profunda de la naturaleza humana»? ¿O es sólo una «construcción del pensamiento»? ¿Significa una amenaza para el ritmo de natalidad y, por tanto, «una abdicación de la responsabilidad en el futuro de la humanidad»? ¿Son necesarias las leyes antidiscriminatorias? ¿O contradicen más bien el principio de neutralidad del estado? Andrew Sullivan analiza las distintas posturas políticas que han tratado de ofrecer una solución al «problema» para proponer finalmente una política propia, razonable y neutra, que despeje las tortuosas confusiones entre lo privado y lo público.Andrew Sullivan fue editor del «New Republic», y colabora asiduamente como analista de política norteamericana en el «Sunday Times» de Londres. Ha coeditado el libro «Same-Marriage: Pros and Cons» (1997) y ha escrito «Love Undetectable: Notes on Friendship, Sex and Survival» (1988).