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Screening the Marquis de Sade
Pleasure, Pain and the Transgressive Body in Film
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Book Presentation:
Since their publication, the works of the Marquis de Sade have challenged the reading public with a philosophy of relentless physical transgression. This is the first book-length academic study by a single author that applies the philosophy of the Marquis de Sade to the analysis of a wide array of film texts. By employing Sade’s controversial body-oriented philosophy within film analysis, this book provides a new understanding of notions of pain, pleasure, and the representation of the transgressive body in film. Whereas many analyses have used theory to excuse and thus dilute the power of sexual and violent images, the author has here sought to examine cinematic representations of human relations as unflinchingly as Sade did in his novels.
About the Author:
Lindsay Anne Hallam teaches screen arts at Curtin University in Perth, Western Australia. She has published numerous articles in journals, is the director of a short documentary The Hydey, and has produced short films and a music video.
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