| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 220 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Suffering triumph -- Masochism masculinity -- Content form -- Crucifixion representation |
| Summary |
Images of suffering male bodies permeate Western culture, from Francis Bacon's paintings and Robert Mapplethorpe's photographs to the battered heroes of action movies. Drawing on perspectives from a range of disciplines--including religious studies, gender and queer studies, psychoanalysis, art history, and film theory--Ecce Homo explores the complex, ambiguous meanings of the enduring figure of the male-body-in-pain. Acknowledging that representations of men confronting violence and pain can reinforce ideas of manly tenacity, Kent L. Brintnall also argues that they reveal the vulnerability of me |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Description based on print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Bacon, Francis 1909-1992 gnd |
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Mapplethorpe, Robert 1946-1989 gnd |
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Bouzignac, Guillaume 1587-1643 Ecce homo gnd |
| Subject |
Suffering in art.
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Masculinity in art.
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Violence in art.
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Sex in art.
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Redemption in art.
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Pain in art.
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ART -- Subjects & Themes -- Human Figure.
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ART -- Subjects & Themes -- Portraits.
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Masculinity in art
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Pain in art
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Redemption in art
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Sex in art
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Suffering in art
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Violence in art
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Erotische Kunst
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Mann Motiv
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Schmerz Motiv
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Lidande i konsten.
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Manlighet i konsten.
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Våld i konsten.
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Försoning.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2010048792 |
| ISBN |
9780226074719 |
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0226074714 |
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9781283362511 |
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1283362511 |
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9786613362513 |
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6613362514 |
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