22o IndexBrooks, Peter, 190-92,198-99, 201Buchet, André, 15e n.22Burroughs, W. S., 9-11,15-36; "cutin/cut-up"technique in writing of, 30,37 n.14; virus/vampire metaphors of,24-29Butler, Judith, 16Calasso, Roberto, 16capitalism: Burroughs's vision of, 20-24;and value, 16Carrey, Jim, 113Casanova, Giacomo, 83-90castration: alienation/separation conceptsand, 49-53; Casanova's discussion of,83-87; fetishism and fear of, 94-95,m n.u; Freudian <strong>the</strong>ory concerning,41-42,44-45, 61 n.9; Gilles de Raisphenomenon and, 138,15e n.17; HopiKatcina rituals and, 74-76; Lacanianlink with sexuality and, 57,67 n.47ca<strong>the</strong>xis: childhood perversion and, 3-4;ego and, 200; Gilles de Rais phenomenonand, 145-46; moral law and,55-56Causality and <strong>the</strong> Law, 198childhood: Burroughs's vision of, 20-24child molestation: Gilles de Rais phenomenonin context of, 134-42,155n.uChomsky, Noam, 36 n.6Christianity: limits of, in Confessions ofNat Turner, 170-84; spectacle of perversionin, 128-33,154 n.6. See alsoInquisition; religiondues of <strong>the</strong> Red Night, 9-11,19-36Civilization and Its Discontents, 30Cobain, Kurt, 15Coen, Ethan, 7Coen, Joel, 7Cohen, Leonard, 96community: consent to perversion in,142-53; inoperative in, 13-14; limitsof homo-ness in, 170-84; rejection ofhomosexuality and, 160-84Confessions of Nat Turner, The, 12,159-84Conrad, Joseph, 21contamination: perversion as, 189-208Copjec, Joan, 154 n.5,156 n.21,157 n.23,197-99, ^03-8Corrillaut, Etienne, 154 n.7Craon, Jean de, 126,135,137-38,156 n.17criminality: religious forgiveness and,149-52; sociohistorical context for,136-42,155 n.16Critique of Dialectical Reason, 122cultural norms: Burroughs's discussion of,25-29; jouissance and, 45,63 n.19; originsof perversion and, 94-110; serialkillers in context of, 134-42,155 n.u"Cutting Up," 198cynical reasoning: disavowal and, inn.13; Zizek's discussion of, 18-19, 36nn.4-5Dahmer, Jeffrey, 155 n.udaughters: maternal jouissance and,46-48,66 n.25death drive: Freudian <strong>the</strong>ory of, 189-90Deleuze, Gilles, 113,117-18,121-22DeLillo, Don, 12, 28-29,189-208de Malestroit, Jean, 128-29,158 n.32démystification: disavowal of belief and,10; Hopi Katcina rituals and, 75-76Derrida, Jacques, 17Descartes, Rene: on beliefs, 78-79; onstupid obedience, 19desire: neurosis and, 55Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of MentalDisorders, 60 n.2Diderot, Denis, 114-15Dien Bien Phu, 78Diken, Bulent, 121Dillon, Matt, 15Dirty Harry, 124 n.idisavowal (Verleugnung): beliefs and, 69-
Index 22173; in Exotica, 96-110; human sexualityand, 39-40; perversion and, 40-57,61n.4; psychoanalytic <strong>the</strong>ory and, 43-48,86-92Dolan, Frederick, 16,18, 29-31, 36 n.iDollimore, Jonathan, 4,93-94, no n.2Don Juan, Lacanian interpretation of, 64n.27Dor, Joël, 157 n.27Drugstore Cowboy, 15Eastwood, Clint, 124 n.iego: death drive and, 190-91, 200; grouppsychology and role of, 145-46; perversionand, 44-48,62 nn.17-18; splittingof beliefs and, 69-73Ego and <strong>the</strong> Id, The, 190, 200, 202-3Egoyan, Atom, 10,93-110, in nn.14-18Egoyan, Eve, in n.14Eisenstein, Sergei, 123-24Eliot, T. S., 119Ensler, Eve, 124 n.3equality: limits of homo-ness and, 170-84Essai sur les mœurs, 126ethics, 150-52,157 n.30ethnography, 68-69"Everybody Knows," 96Exotica, 10,93-110explanatory principle, perversion and,58-60Fables, 80family: Burroughs's images of, 27-29;portrayal of, in Exotica, 93-110fantasy: explanatory principle and, 58-60, 67 n.50; law and perversion and,54-55, 66 n.43; masculine dominanceof, 46-48, 64 n.28; masochism and,116-24; sexuality in Burroughs's writingand, 22-24; social relation and,8-9fascism: limits of homo-ness and, 170-84fetishism: disavowal (Verleugnung) and,69-73,89-92; in Exotica, 95-110;Freudian discussion of, 43,53,66 n.40,94-95> m n.n, 150-52,158 n.31,187-208; Gilles de Rais phenomenon and,150-52,158 n.31; Lacan's discussion of,43,61 n.3,62 n.15; mo<strong>the</strong>r-daughterrelationships and, 46, 64 n.26; aspositivity and negation, 6,14 n.2Fight Club, n, 112-24Fincher, David, n, 112-24Fink, Bruce, 4-6,38-60,94,149-50,157n.27Fish Called Wanda, A, 63 n.19Foster, Dennis, 1-14,15-36Foucault, Michel, 3-4Freud, Sigmund: on beliefs, 69,76-92;on castration and fetishism, 94-95,in n.n; disavowal (Verleugnung), 40-57,61 n.4, 69-92; on fetishism, 43,53, 66 n.40,94-95» "i n-n, 150-52,158 n.31,187-208; group psychologyand <strong>the</strong>ories of, 142-46; on memory,30; on perversion, 2-4, 38-57, 60 n.i,63 n.24,187-208; on sacrifice, 44-48, 62 nn.17-18; on social relation, 1;superego concept of, 55-56; on symbolization,42-44; thanatos <strong>the</strong>ory of,190-208; transference phenomenon of,142-46,157 n.24"Freud's Masterplots," 190Fuchs, Cynthia, in n.18Gasparone, 112gender: repression and subversion, 16Gender Trouble, 16germ-cells: Freudian discussion of, 202-3Gilles de Rais, 11-12,126-53; childhoodtrauma of, 137-38,156 n.17; grouptransference concerning, 142-46; sacrificiallogic of perversion, 146-52; trialof, 128-33Gilles de Rais, 132,155 n.9,156 n.17,158n.32
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