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The Acoustic Mirror - (Theories of Representation and Difference) by Kaja Silverman (Paperback)

The Acoustic Mirror - (Theories of Representation and Difference) by  Kaja Silverman (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>The specific focus is the female voice understood not merely as spoken dialogue, narration, and commentary, but as a fantasmatic projection, and as a metaphor for authorship.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p> . . . a vitally new understanding that takes us from the terms of the representation of sexual difference to an anatomy of female subjectivity which will be widely influential. --Stephen Heath</p><p>An original work likely to have significant impact on all those with an interest in the vibrant intersection of feminism, film theory, and psychoanalysis . . . --Naomi Schor</p><p> . . . powerfully argued study . . . impressive . . . --Choice</p><p> . . . important because of its innovative work on Hollywood's ideologically-charged construction of subjectivity. . . . what is exciting about The Acoustic Mirror is that it inspires one to reevaluate a number of now classical theoretical texts, and to see films with an eye to how authorship is constructed and subjectivity is generated. --Literature and Psychology</p><p>As evocative as it is shrewdly systematic, the pioneering theory of female subjectivity formulated in the final three chapters will have wide impact as a major contribution to feminist theory. --SubStance</p><p>The Acoustic Mirror attempts to do for the sound-track what feminist film theory of the past decade has done for the image-track--to locate the points at which it is productive of sexual difference. The specific focus is the female voice understood not merely as spoken dialogue, narration, and commentary, but as a fantasmatic projection, and as a metaphor for authorship.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>The Acoustic Mirror combines an extended reflection on sound and voice in cinema with a critical examination of the possibilities and impossibilities of current theoretical approaches as they listen, or not, to questions of sexual difference.

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