{"product_id":"womb-fantasies-caroline-rupprecht-9780810129139","title":"Womb Fantasies: Subjective Architectures in Postmodern Literature, Cinema, and Art","description":"\u003ci\u003eWomb Fantasies \u003c\/i\u003eexamines the womb, an invisible and mysterious space invested with allegorical significance, as a metaphorical space in postwar cinematic and literary texts grappling with the trauma of post-holocaust, postmodern existence. In addition, it examines the representation of visible spaces in the texts in terms of their attribution with womb-like qualities. The framing of the study historically within the postwar era begins with a discussion of Eero Saarinen's \u003ci\u003eWomb Chair\u003c\/i\u003e in the context of the Cold War's need for safety in light of the threat of nuclear destruction, and ranges over films such as Marguerite Duras' and Alan Resnais' film \u003ci\u003eHiroshima mon amour\u003c\/i\u003e and Duras' novel \u003ci\u003eThe Vice-Consul\u003c\/i\u003e, exploring the ways that such cultural texts fantasize the womb as a response to trauma, defined as the compulsive need to return to the site of loss, a place envisioned as both a secure space and a prison. The womb fantasy is linked to the desire to recreate an identity that is new and original but ahistorical.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Caroline Rupprecht\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0810129132\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780810129139\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Northwestern University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/31\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 148\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.60d","brand":"Caroline Rupprecht","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48453402591487,"sku":"9780810129139","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_08b29539-151c-4787-872a-d909db5b222d.jpg?v=1777300033","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/womb-fantasies-caroline-rupprecht-9780810129139","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}