Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. xiv, 132 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Subject

1. German literature > 20th century > History and criticism
2. French literature > 20th century > History and criticism
3. Human body in literature
4. Human body in motion pictures
5. Human beings in art
6. Motherhood in literature
7. Motherhood in motion pictures
8. Motherhood in art

Contents

1. Frontispiece: Eero Saarinen's Womb chair as fallout shelter -- Part one: Geographies -- Agoraphobia: Marguerite Duras's Hiroshima mon amour and The vice-consul -- Heterotopia: Alexander Kluge's Yesterday girl and The blind director -- Part two: Boundaries -- Matricide: Uwe Johnson's Anniversaries: from the life of Gesine Cresspahl -- Womb envy: Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless, A woman is a woman, and Hail Mary -- End piece: the future is here, and it's dead: Damien Hirst's Virgin mother.

Call number

1. JFE 13-7155

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Author

1. Rupprecht, Caroline.

Title

1. Womb fantasies : subjective architectures in postmodern literature, cinema, and art / Caroline Rupprecht.

Imprint

1. Evanston, Ill. : Northwestern University Press, 2013.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

LCCN

1. 2013002165

Other standard identifier

1. 40022617026

ISBN

1. 9780810129139 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2. 0810129132 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Research call number

1. JFE 13-7155