This Section will explore the
concept of subjectivity in relation to the Politics of Ecstasy, and how
the politics of masculine authority has established men's sexual
subjectivity in terms of a power-relation over women. The psychology of
the Erotomaniac - men who are defined by their desire to dominate and
sexually manipulate women - will be examined, and death and necrophilia
will be discussed as metaphors of the ways in which masculine sexuality
objectifies and dominates women. The novels discussed in this Section
may be interpreted as simply validating a phallocentric sexual politics,
but it is equally possible to perceive in these narratives a critique of
the patriarchal politics which they depict. A Post-Porn/Modern reading
subverts the textual validation of phallic masculine sexuality, and
allows other sexualities, especially those traditionally marginalised in
the texts, to be explored.