Ecce Homo: The Male-Body-in-Pain as Redemptive Figure
Kent L. Brintnall
Abstract
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—this book 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, it also argues that they reveal the vulnerability of men's bodies and ... More
Keywords: male bodies, Western culture, Francis Bacon, Robert Mapplethorpe, action movies, religious studies, queer studies, psychoanalysis, art history, film theory
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2012 | Print ISBN-13: 9780226074696 |
| Published to Chicago Scholarship Online: September 2013 | DOI:10.7208/chicago/9780226074719.001.0001 |
