The informe in David Lynch's cinema : reading American film through the 'Philosophy' of Georges Bataille

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dc.contributor.advisorHiggins, Johnen_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorStadler, Janeen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorMacdonald, Roberten_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-23T07:09:35Z
dc.date.available2014-10-23T07:09:35Z
dc.date.issued2005en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: leaves 175-188.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis dissertation argues that several of American film-maker David Lynch's works employ a subversive textual operation in their representations of America and American life that is comparable, in both its approach and political significance, to the collapse of conceptual systems French philosopher Georges Bataille termed 'informe'. Each chapter of this thesis explores an aspect of American ideology that has been shaped within filmic conventions of genre, narration and representation, analysing how the informe in Lynch's films encourages awareness of difference; of other possibilities for representing human relations beyond these powerful circumscriptions of identity and ideology. In each analysis, the 'work' of the informe in the films under discussion is also linked to some of the prominent political concerns dealt with in Bataille's work. These include his focus on genuine human connectedness, eroticism and transgression, all of which are couched within a broader philosophical emphasis that emerges in his work on the need for balance in social existence between the 'heterogeneous' or 'sacred' aspects of society on the one hand, and the 'homogeneous' or 'profane' on the other.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationMacdonald, R. (2005). <i>The informe in David Lynch's cinema : reading American film through the 'Philosophy' of Georges Bataille</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of English Language and Literature. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8731en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationMacdonald, Robert. <i>"The informe in David Lynch's cinema : reading American film through the 'Philosophy' of Georges Bataille."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of English Language and Literature, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8731en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMacdonald, R. 2005. The informe in David Lynch's cinema : reading American film through the 'Philosophy' of Georges Bataille. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Macdonald, Robert AB - This dissertation argues that several of American film-maker David Lynch's works employ a subversive textual operation in their representations of America and American life that is comparable, in both its approach and political significance, to the collapse of conceptual systems French philosopher Georges Bataille termed 'informe'. Each chapter of this thesis explores an aspect of American ideology that has been shaped within filmic conventions of genre, narration and representation, analysing how the informe in Lynch's films encourages awareness of difference; of other possibilities for representing human relations beyond these powerful circumscriptions of identity and ideology. In each analysis, the 'work' of the informe in the films under discussion is also linked to some of the prominent political concerns dealt with in Bataille's work. These include his focus on genuine human connectedness, eroticism and transgression, all of which are couched within a broader philosophical emphasis that emerges in his work on the need for balance in social existence between the 'heterogeneous' or 'sacred' aspects of society on the one hand, and the 'homogeneous' or 'profane' on the other. DA - 2005 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2005 T1 - The informe in David Lynch's cinema : reading American film through the 'Philosophy' of Georges Bataille TI - The informe in David Lynch's cinema : reading American film through the 'Philosophy' of Georges Bataille UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8731 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/8731
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationMacdonald R. The informe in David Lynch's cinema : reading American film through the 'Philosophy' of Georges Bataille. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of English Language and Literature, 2005 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8731en_ZA
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dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of English Language and Literatureen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherEnglish Language and Literatureen_ZA
dc.titleThe informe in David Lynch's cinema : reading American film through the 'Philosophy' of Georges Batailleen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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