The perverse gaze of sympathy
James, henry, 1843-1916
Sadomasochism
English fiction, history and criticism
Feminism and literature
Women and literature
English fiction
History and criticism
"Suggesting that sentimental novels, films, and TV melodramas are guided by an ambivalent and sadoerotic sympathy, this book shows sympathetic sentiments to be cultural formulations of male desire, and sympathy itself to be the embodiment of a controlling gaze. In a playful but historically persuasi…
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