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The thin men: anorexic subjectivity in Fight Club and The Machinist

Bould, Mark; Vint, Sherryl

Authors

Mark Bould Mark.Bould@uwe.ac.uk
Professor of Film and Literature

Sherryl Vint



Contributors

Greg Tuck greg.tuck@uwe.ac.uk
Editor

Abstract

Considers anorexia as a model of late-capitialist subjectivity through a consideration of the bodies of Brad Pitt and Christian Bale.

Publication Date Oct 1, 2009
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Pages 221-239
Book Title Neo-noir
ISBN 978-1-906660-17-8
Keywords anorexia, subjectivity, late-capitalism, Christian Bale, Brad Pitt
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/991695
Publisher URL http://www.wallflowerpress.co.uk/product/film-media/neo-noir