Female Masochism In Film: Sexuality, Ethics And Aesthetics (Film Philosophy At The Margins)

Responses to heterosexual female masochism have ranged from neglect in theories that focus predominantly or only upon masochistic sexuality within male subjects, to condemnation from feminists who regard it as an inverted expression of patriarchal control rather than a legitimate form of female desire. It has commonly been understood as a passive form of sexuality, thus ignoring the potential for activity and agency that the masochistic position may involve, which underpins the crucial argument that female masochism can be conceived as enquiring ethical activity. Female Masochism in Film avoids these reductive and simplistic approaches by focusing on the ambivalences and intricacies of this type of sexuality and subjectivity.

• • Author: Dr Ruth McPhee
• • Publisher: Routledge
• • Publication Date: Jun 02, 2014
• • Number of Pages: 176 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Hardcover
• • ISBN-10: 1472413164
• • ISBN-13: 9781472413161