Beauty and the abject

Autor*innen

• Leslie Anne Boldt Irons

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• 295 Seiten
• 11 Lesestunden

• Philosophie

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This collection of eighteen essays explores the meanings and depictions of beauty and the abject in art (from Renaissance portraiture to the canvasses of Salvador Dali); photography and the representation of the body; film (from the horror genre and gay/lesbian sexuality to socio-political problems); literature (from classical lyric and pastoral drama to the contemporary verbal arts); cultural studies (from the femme fatale and James Bond to vampires and monsters); architecture; and linguistics. These essays not only examine the theme from a variety of media and critical perspectives, they also scrutinize and challenge traditional notions of beauty and the abject.

• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2007
• Einband: Hardcover