1. Redeeming contradictions: from critical theory to cultural studies; 2. Art as the absolute commodity: the intersubjectivity of mimesis in Adorno's Aesthetic Theory; 3. Sexual nations: history and the division of hope in The Crying Game; 4. Deconstruction and responsibility: the question of freedom in the place of the undecidable; Bibliography.
This 1997 book explores the political significance of aesthetic analysis in the context of film and cultural studies.
"It should be added that whether in developing the shrewdly observed details of his close readings or in negotiating his rigorous theoretical discussions over a terrain well mined with jargon, McGee writes with exemplary clarity and personal engagement." MLN
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