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Drawing on Daphne du Maurier's short story and contemporary newspaper reports of bird attacks in California, Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds (1963) featured Tippi Hedren in her first starring role. Camille Paglia's compelling study considers the film's aesthetic, technical and mythical qualities, and analyses its depiction of gender and family relations. A film about anxiety, sexual power and the violence of nature, it is quintessential Hitchcock. Camille Paglia's foreword to this new edition reflects upon the relationship between Hitchcock and his leading lady Hedren in the light of recent debates about male power, female agency and the #MeToo movement.

Much has changed since Camille Paglia first burst onto the scene with her groundbreaking Sexual Personae, but the laser-sharp insights of this major American thinker continue to be ahead of the curve—not only capturing the tone of the moment but also often anticipating it. Opening with a blazing manifesto of an introduction in which Paglia outlines the bedrock beliefs that inform her writing—freedom of speech, the necessity of fearless inquiry, and a deep respect for all art, both erudite and popular—Provocations gathers together a rich, varied body of work spanning twenty-five years, illuminating everything from the Odyssey to the Oscars, from punk rock to presidents past and present. Whatever your political inclination or literary and artistic touchstones, Paglia’s takes are compulsively readable, thought provoking, galvanizing, and an essential part of our cultural dialogue, invariably giving voice to what most needs to be said.

Provokativní, kritická, kontroverzní – to jsou adjektiva v poslední době nejčastěji spojovaná s Camille Pagliovou, přední americkou kritičkou, jež je někdy vnímána jako nástupkyně Susan Sontagové. V anglosaském světě se Pagliová proslavila literárně-kritickým bestsellerem Sexuální persony: umění a dekadence od Nefertiti po Emily Dickinsonovou, rozsáhlou literárně historicky-kritickou studií o úpadku a jeho obrazech v západním umění. Některé pasáže z této slavné knihy se objevují i ve sbírce esejů Svobodné ženy, svobodní muži, která je ovšem jinak obecně vztažena k tématům a problémům dnešního světa. Pagliová zde dostává své pověsti kritické myslitelky, jež vyhledává kontroverze, chce provokovat a především neuznává žádné modly – ať už v oblasti umění, kritiky nebo lidských práv. Její provokativní osten míří především proti dvěma terčům: feminismu v podobě, do jaké se vyvinul zejména v posledních několika letech, a situaci na anglosaských univerzitách, zejména omezování svobody projevu.

1991 legte die damals 43jährige Camille Paglia ihr opulentes Werk Sexual Personae vor, eine Abrechnung mit dem modernen Feminismus. Das Buch schlug ein wie eine Bombe. Seit dieser Zeit pflegt man in den USA eine Haßliebe zu der rebellischen Professorin und Publizistin, die nicht müde wird, sich in aktuelle Kontroversen einzuschalten. Was Paglia zum »Geschlechterkampf« geschrieben hat: eine Antizipation der #metoo-Debatte! Und als hierzulande noch keiner den Begriff »Gender« kannte, hatte Paglia ihn argumentativ schon erledigt. Vierunddreißig Aufsätze und Interviews aus den Jahren 1990 bis 2016 bündeln, was zu den Themenkreisen Frauenrollen, Männerphantasien, Sex und Gender zu sagen ist.

Camille Paglia's collection of essays offers a provocative examination of contemporary feminism, blending celebration with critique. Her distinctive style engages readers in a lively discourse on gender equality, showcasing her role as both an advocate and a challenger of feminist achievements. Recognized by the Huffington Post as a must-read nonfiction work by women, this collection promises to stimulate thought and debate on the evolving landscape of feminism.

Presents a chronological tour of major themes in Western art as reflected by more than two dozen seminal images that use such mediums as paint, sculpture, architecture, performance art, and digital art.

America’s most provocative intellectual brings her blazing powers of analysis and appreciation to bear on the great poems of the Western tradition, and on some unexpected discoveries of her own. Combining close reading with a panoramic breadth of learning, Camille Paglia refreshes our understanding of poems we thought we knew, from Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 73” to Shelley’s “Ozymandias,” from Donne’s “The Flea” to Lowell’s “Man and Wife,” and from Dickinson’s “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” to Plath’s “Daddy.” Paglia also introduces us to less-familiar works by Paul Blackburn, Wanda Coleman, Chuck Wachtel, Rochelle Kraut–and even Joni Mitchell. Daring, riveting, and beautifully written, Break, Blow, Burn will excite even seasoned poetry lovers, and create a generation of new ones. Includes a new epilogue that details the selection process for choosing the 43 poems presented in this book and provides commentary on some of the pieces that didn't make the final cut.

The bestselling author of Sexual Personae and Sex, Art, and American Culture is back with a fiery new collection of essays on everything from art and celebrity to gay activism, Lorena Bobbitt to Bill and Hillary. These essays have never appeared in book form, and many will be appearing in print for the first time.