Fred Pfeil
Biographic Data
| ID | 762673 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Fred Pfeil |
| GIVEN NAMES | Fred |
| FAMILY NAME | Pfeil |
| SIGNATURE | PFEIL F |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 40 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Michael Sprinker, 1950-1999
John Michael Sprinker—a member of the editorial board of this journal, co-editor of the Haymarket series for Verso, a fiercely dedicated teacher and ferociously intelligent literary and cultural critic—died suddenly, of a massive coronary, on 12 August 1999, in Port Jefferson, New York. He was 49 years old
One nation in therapy
One Nation in Therapy Fred Pfeil (bio) Constructing the Self, Constructing America: A Cultural History of Psychotherapy. By Philip Cushman. Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley, 1990. 430 pages. $27.50 (cloth). $14.00 (paper). The Romance of American Psychology: Political Culture in the Age of Experts. Ellen Herman. Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press, 1995. 406 pages. $35.00 (cloth). $16.95 (paper). Inventing the Psychological: Toward a C…
White Guys
White Guys: Studies in Postmodern Domination and Difference (Haymarket)
Sympathy for the Devils: Notes on Some White Guys in the Ridiculous Class War
It seems like another era, though it was less than five years ago, when I was sitting around the Men’s Wisdom Council, grunting Ho with the guys, and studying their hodgepodge, Shake-and-Bake ‘traditions’ for a book I was writing on changing conceptions of white straight men. But now
Revolting Yet Conserved: Family Noir in Blue Velvet and Terminator 2
Revolting Yet Conserved: Family Noir in Blue Velvet and Terminator 2 Fred Pfeil When we think about film noir in the present, it is well to remember the categorical instability that has dogged its tracks from the moment French critics coined the term in the mid-1950s as a retrospective tag for a bunch of previously withheld American films which now, upon their foreign release, all looked and felt sort of alike. Ever since, critics and theorists h…
Plot Devices in the Occupation
The first scene establishes the situation. So we begin with these two in particular speculating as to when the might have actually begun. One of them we will call Paul. A white male in his early or mid-thirties, with features and habits unremarkable enough that it would make little sense to take up space in the attempt to conjure them up succinctly, meaningfully here. Owned a good record collection, though-good enough, especially where what he ca…
Outside Readings
Last Love
Last Love
Outside Readings
Plot Devices in the Occupation
The first scene establishes the situation. So we begin with these two in particular speculating as to when the might have actually begun. One of them we will call Paul. A white male in his early or mid-thirties, with features and habits unremarkable enough that it would make little sense to take up space in the attempt to conjure them up succinctly, meaningfully here. Owned a good record collection, though-good enough, especially where what he ca…
Revolting Yet Conserved: Family Noir in Blue Velvet and Terminator 2
Revolting Yet Conserved: Family Noir in Blue Velvet and Terminator 2 Fred Pfeil When we think about film noir in the present, it is well to remember the categorical instability that has dogged its tracks from the moment French critics coined the term in the mid-1950s as a retrospective tag for a bunch of previously withheld American films which now, upon their foreign release, all looked and felt sort of alike. Ever since, critics and theorists h…
Sympathy for the Devils: Notes on Some White Guys in the Ridiculous Class War
It seems like another era, though it was less than five years ago, when I was sitting around the Men’s Wisdom Council, grunting Ho with the guys, and studying their hodgepodge, Shake-and-Bake ‘traditions’ for a book I was writing on changing conceptions of white straight men. But now
White Guys: Studies in Postmodern Domination and Difference (Haymarket)
One nation in therapy
One Nation in Therapy Fred Pfeil (bio) Constructing the Self, Constructing America: A Cultural History of Psychotherapy. By Philip Cushman. Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley, 1990. 430 pages. $27.50 (cloth). $14.00 (paper). The Romance of American Psychology: Political Culture in the Age of Experts. Ellen Herman. Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press, 1995. 406 pages. $35.00 (cloth). $16.95 (paper). Inventing the Psychological: Toward a C…
White Guys
Michael Sprinker, 1950-1999
John Michael Sprinker—a member of the editorial board of this journal, co-editor of the Haymarket series for Verso, a fiercely dedicated teacher and ferociously intelligent literary and cultural critic—died suddenly, of a massive coronary, on 12 August 1999, in Port Jefferson, New York. He was 49 years old
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