Ecce Homo - eBook

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of disciplinesincluding religious studies, gender and queer studies, psychoanalysis, art history, and film theoryEcce 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 mens 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 Christs 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.