Reflecting Narcissus : A Queer Aesthetic.
Title:
Reflecting Narcissus : A Queer Aesthetic.
Author:
Bruhm, Steven.
ISBN:
9780816691449
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (238 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Reflecting Narcissus -- 1. No Exit: Romantic Male Narcissism -- 2. Reverse of the Mirror: Symbolism and Sexology -- 3. Sons and Lovers, Birds and Johns -- 4. Queer Queer Vladimir -- 5. The Gothic in a Culture of Narcissism -- Conclusion: Rejecting Narcissus -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Abstract:
Extending the horizons of queer, feminist, and psychoanalytic theory, this book challenges the twentieth century's predominant understanding of narcissism-and the predominantly narcissistic qualities of male same-sex desire-as allegedly solipsistic, immature, sterile, antisocial, and apolitical. Bruhm argues that Narcissus has, instead, served to trouble the very cultural and gendered norms that define him.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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