| Physical description |
1 online resource (xiv, 220 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| 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 |
| Language notes |
English. |
| 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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| ISBN |
9780226074719 (electronic bk.) |
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0226074714 (electronic bk.) |
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9781283362511 (electronic bk.) |
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1283362511 (electronic bk.) |
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9780226074696 (hardcover ; alk. paper) |
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0226074692 (hardcover ; alk. paper) |
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9780226074702 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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0226074706 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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9786613362513 |
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6613362514 |
| Standard Number |
9786613362513 |
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