As it says in the title.

Obviously since this is written by Laura Mulvey, author of the “Visual Pleasure” essay, the entire book is essentially recasting Citizen Kane in a light made up of psychoanalysis and feminist theory. She does mix in historical context and the whole Kane-Hearst debate, but most of the book is spent talking about Kane’s Oedipal complex and his fetishes (in her words).

It’s an interesting reading if you like Citizen Kane, but it may be a little heavy for most readers, especially if they’re not familiar with Mulvey’s other theoretical works. Still, if you dig theory, this is a nice, quick read.