Description: Abject Visions by Rina Arya, Nicholas Chare An impressive list of authors examine how abjection can be discussed in relation to a host of different subjects, including marginality and gender. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This major new volume brings together leading international scholars to debate the continuing importance and relevance of the concept of abjection for the interpretation of modern and contemporary culture. This genuinely interdisciplinary collection includes important new essays that draw on the work of Georges Bataille, Judith Butler, Julia Kristeva and other key critical thinkers to provide innovative readings of works of art, film, theatre and literature. The clear and accessible essays in this volume extend the existing literature on abjection in exciting new ways to demonstrate the enduring richness of the concept. -- . Flap Abject visions is a path-breaking volume that brings together major international scholars to reflect on the vital importance and relevance of the concept of abjection for the interpretation of modern and contemporary culture. This genuinely interdisciplinary collection draws on the work of Georges Bataille, Judith Butler, Julia Kristeva and other key critical thinkers to produce innovative fresh readings of works of art, film, theatre and literature. The clear and accessible essays that make up this volume extend the existing literature on abjection in exciting new ways, to demonstrate the enduring richness and applicability of the concept of abjection in cultural thinking and in contemporary art practice. The collection includes contributions that look beyond an Anglophone context, considering works by Chilean-Australian and Indigenous Canadian artists.Abject visions will be of particular interest to both students and academics in the fields of Art History and Visual Cultures. Author Biography Rina Arya is Reader in Visual Communication at the University of WolverhamptonNicholas Chare is Associate Professor of Art History in the Department of History of Art and Film Studies at the Universit de Montral Table of Contents Introduction: Approaching abjection - Rina Arya and Nicholas Chare1. Art, abjection and bare life - John Lechte2. A lesbian, feminist and Canadian perspective: queering abjection - Jayne Wark3. Manets Abject Surrealism - Nicholas Chare4. Juan Davilas abject after-image - Rex Butler and A. D. S. Donaldson5. Animals, art, abjection - Barbara Creed and Jeanette Hoorn 6. The fragmented body as an index of abjection - Rina Arya7. Skin, body, self: the question of the abject in the work of Francis Bacon - Ernst van Alphen 8. Abjection, melancholia and ambiguity in the works of Catherine Bell - Estelle Barrett9. Corpus Delicti - Kerstin Mey10. Art is on the way: from the abject opening of underworld to the shitty ending of oblivion - Calvin Thomas11. Base materials: performing the abject object - Daniel WattIndex Review The exploration of the implications of abjection: being abject, positioning as abject, for the visual and performing arts defines for this collection a double relevance. It adds to the study of abjection; it adds also to the analysis of a range of artistic practices.... most of the chapters will themselves become significant in their areas while the whole performs an enlivening re-engagement and expansion of abjection as a term in contemporary cultural analysis.Griselda Pollock -- . Long Description This major new volume brings together leading international scholars to debate the continuing importance and relevance of the concept of abjection for the interpretation of modern and contemporary culture. This genuinely interdisciplinary collection includes important new essays that draw on the work of Georges Bataille, Judith Butler, Julia Kristeva and other key critical thinkers to provide innovative readings of works of art, film, theatre and literature. The clear and accessible essays in this volume extend the existing literature on abjection in exciting new ways to demonstrate the enduring richness of the concept. -- . Review Quote The exploration of the implications of abjection: being abject, positioning as abject, for the visual and performing arts defines for this collection a double relevance. It adds to the study of abjection; it adds also to the analysis of a range of artistic practices.... most of the chapters will themselves become significant in their areas while the whole performs an enlivening re-engagement and expansion of abjection as a term in contemporary cultural analysis.Griselda Pollock Details ISBN0719096286 Short Title ABJECT VISIONS Publisher Manchester University Press Language English ISBN-10 0719096286 ISBN-13 9780719096280 Media Book Format Hardcover Year 2016 Imprint Manchester University Press Subtitle Powers of Horror in Art and Visual Culture Place of Publication Manchester Country of Publication United Kingdom Edited by Nicholas Chare DEWEY 700.4164 Pages 248 Publication Date 2016-05-06 UK Release Date 2016-05-06 NZ Release Date 2016-05-06 Author Nicholas Chare Illustrations Illustrations, black & white Audience General AU Release Date 2016-05-05 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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Book Title: Abject Visions: Powers of Horror in Art and Visual Culture
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Author: Nicholas Chare, Rina Arya
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: Art Theory
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Publication Year: 2016
Genre: Art & Culture
Number of Pages: 248 Pages