Theorizing Desire

This book is an accessible introduction to the concept of desire, and a coherent critique of the competing theorisations of desire within contemporary theory.

What is the nature of desire? How do we theorise desire within cinema and television? The author provides an accessible introduction to the concept of desire, and a coherent critique of the competing theorisations of desire within contemporary theory. Through analysis of representations of desire in television programmes and films this book considers ways in which the concept of desire is theorised and presented on screen.

KRISTYN GORTON is Lecturer in Media and Popular Culture, School of Cultural Studies, Leeds Metropolitan University.

Introduction * Theorising Desire * Hysterical Desire * Shame and Desire * Gaze and Melodrama * Melancholia and Repetition * Desire and Embodiment * Conclusion * Index