Receptive Bodies / Leo Bersani.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bersani, Leo, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human body (Philosophy).

Human body--Erotic aspects.

Human body.

Sex (Psychology).

Sexual excitement.

Psychoanalysis.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (149 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Leo Bersani, known for his provocative interrogations of psychoanalysis, sexuality, and the human body, centers his latest book on a surprisingly simple image: a newborn baby simultaneously crying out and drawing its first breath. These twin ideas-absorption and expulsion, the intake of physical and emotional nourishment and the exhalation of breath-form the backbone of Receptive Bodies, a thoughtful new essay collection. These titular bodies range from fetuses in utero to fully eroticized adults, all the way to celestial giants floating in space. Bersani illustrates his exploration of the body's capacities to receive and resist what is ostensibly alien using a typically eclectic set of sources, from literary icons like Marquis de Sade to cinematic provocateurs such as Bruno Dumont and Lars von Trier. This sharp and wide-ranging book will excite scholars of Freud, Foucault, and film studies, or anyone who has ever stopped to ponder the give and take of human corporeality.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Forewarning

1. Merde alors

2. Why Sex?

3. Sensual Sucking and Sociality

4. Force in Progress

5. Receptivity and Being-In

6. Staring

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 22. Okt 2019)

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780226579931

022657993X

OCLC:

1061503158