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Abject visions : powers of horror in art and visual culture / Rina Arya and Nicholas Chare.

Contributor(s): Publisher: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2017Description: illustrations (black and white)Content type:
  • text
  • still image
ISBN:
  • 1526109867
Subject(s):
Contents:
1. Abjection, art and bare life / John Lechte
2. Queering abjection: a lesbian, feminist and Canadian perspective / Jayne Wark
3. Manet's abject Surrealism / Nicholas Chare
4. Juan Davila's abject after-image / A.D.S. Donaldson
5. Animals, art, abjection / Jeanette Hoorn
6. The fragmented body as an Index of abjection / Rina Arya
7. 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 Barrett
9. Corpus delicti / Kerstin Mey
10. Art is on the way: from the abject opening of Underworld to the shitty ending of Oblivion / Calvin Thomas
11. Base materials: performing the abject object / Daniel Watt
Summary: Abjection and Representation is a theoretical investigation of the concept of abjection as expounded by Julia Kristeva in Powers of Horror (1982) and its application in various fields including the visual arts, film and literature. It examines the complexity of the concept and its significance as a cultural category.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Abjection, art and bare life / John Lechte

2. Queering abjection: a lesbian, feminist and Canadian perspective / Jayne Wark

3. Manet's abject Surrealism / Nicholas Chare

4. Juan Davila's abject after-image / A.D.S. Donaldson

5. Animals, art, abjection / Jeanette Hoorn

6. The fragmented body as an Index of abjection / Rina Arya

7. 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 Barrett

9. Corpus delicti / Kerstin Mey

10. Art is on the way: from the abject opening of Underworld to the shitty ending of Oblivion / Calvin Thomas

11. Base materials: performing the abject object / Daniel Watt

Abjection and Representation is a theoretical investigation of the concept of abjection as expounded by Julia Kristeva in Powers of Horror (1982) and its application in various fields including the visual arts, film and literature. It examines the complexity of the concept and its significance as a cultural category.