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‘Video Replay: Families, films and fantasy’ as a transformational text: Commentary on Valerie Walkerdine's ‘Video Replay’.

Yates, C., 2010. ‘Video Replay: Families, films and fantasy’ as a transformational text: Commentary on Valerie Walkerdine's ‘Video Replay’. Psychoanalysis, Culture & Society, 15 (4), 404 - 411.

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DOI: 10.1057/pcs.2010.19

Abstract

In this commentary I explore the significance of Valerie Walkerdine's paper ‘Video Replay: Families, Films and Fantasy’. I review its impact in 1986 and then discuss how some of its ideas about subjectivity and popular culture – specifically film - can be developed in the contemporary context. A recurring fantasy of Rocky II and its reception is that of social and psychological transformation. I address this theme by drawing on the work of Christopher Bollas to argue that Walkerdine's psychosocial analysis continues to facilitate, across a range of contexts, some of the transformational processes described in her article.

Item Type:Article
ISSN:1088-0763
Additional Information:This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in Psychoanalysis, Culture & Society. The definitive publisher-authenticated version: Yates, C. Psychoanal Cult Soc (2010) 15: 404. doi:10.1057/pcs.2010.19 is available online at: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057%2Fpcs.2010.19
Uncontrolled Keywords:transformation; masculinity; popular culture; fantasy; film; creativity
Group:Faculty of Media & Communication
ID Code:29432
Deposited By: Symplectic RT2
Deposited On:04 Jul 2017 10:29
Last Modified:14 Mar 2022 14:05

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