TY - BOOK ID - 78141294 TI - Ecce Homo : The Male-Body-in-Pain as Redemptive Figure PY - 2011 SN - 1283362511 9786613362513 0226074714 9780226074719 9781283362511 9780226074696 0226074692 9780226074702 0226074706 6613362514 PB - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, DB - UniCat KW - Suffering in art. KW - Masculinity in art. KW - Violence in art. KW - Sex in art. KW - Redemption in art. KW - Sex in the arts KW - Sexuality in art KW - Masculinity (Psychology) in art KW - Philosophical anthropology KW - human figures [visual works] KW - suffering, masculinity, male bodies, redemption, francis bacon, mapplethorpe, photography, aesthetics, action movies, pain, violence, religious studies, queer theory, gender, film, art history, manliness, erotics, vulnerability, tenacity, manhood, perseverance, crucifixion, resurrection, power, privilege, georges bataille, kaja silverman, sexuality, masochism, nonfiction. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78141294 AB - 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 men's bodies and open them up to eroticization. Locating the roots of our cultural fascination with male pain in the crucifixion, he analyzes the way narratives of Christ's death and resurrection both support and subvert cultural fantasies of masculine power and privilege. Through stimulating readings of works by Georges Bataille, Kaja Silverman, and more, Brintnall delineates the redemptive power of representations of male suffering and violence. ER -