TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bersani,Leo
TI  - Receptive bodies
SN  - 9780226579931
AV  - B105.B64 B4695 2018eb
U1  - 128/.6 23
PY  - 2018///
CY  - Chicago, London
PB  - The University of Chicago Press
KW  - Human body (Philosophy)
KW  - Human body
KW  - Erotic aspects
KW  - Sex (Psychology)
KW  - Sexual excitement
KW  - Psychoanalysis
KW  - Corps humain (Philosophie)
KW  - Corps humain
KW  - Aspect �erotique
KW  - Sexualit�e (Psychologie)
KW  - Excitation sexuelle
KW  - Psychanalyse
KW  - eroticism
KW  - aat
KW  - psychoanalysis
KW  - PSYCHOLOGY
KW  - Movements
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - PHILOSOPHY
KW  - Humanism
KW  - fast
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Forewarning -- Merde alors -- Why sex? -- Sensual sucking and sociality -- Force in progress -- Receptivity and being-in -- Staring
N2  - Leo Bersani, known for his provocative interrogations of psychoanalysis, sexuality, and the human body, centers his latest book on a surprisingly simple image: a newborn baby simultaneously crying out and drawing its first breath. These twin ideas--absorption and expulsion, the intake of physical and emotional nourishment and the exhalation of breath--form the backbone of Receptive Bodies, a thoughtful new essay collection. These titular bodies range from fetuses in utero to fully eroticized adults, all the way to celestial giants floating in space. Bersani illustrates his exploration of the body's capacities to receive and resist what is ostensibly alien using a typically eclectic set of sources, from literary icons like Marquis de Sade to cinematic provocateurs such as Bruno Dumont and Lars von Trier. This sharp and wide-ranging book will excite scholars of Freud, Foucault, and film studies, or anyone who has ever stopped to ponder the give and take of human corporeality
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