| Description |
1 online resource (x, 182 pages) : illustrations |
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Art and-- |
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Art and-
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| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: Ch. 1 'I know it when I see it' : on the definition and history of the category of the obscene -- Ch. 2 Transgressive rituals -- Ch. 3 Abjection and dis-ease -- Ch. 4 Violent images : aesthetic simulations -- Ch. 5 'Playing with the dead' : the cadaver as fascinosum -- Ch. 6 Anti-normative acts : radical liberation? -- Ch. 7 Obscenity and the documentary tradition -- Ch. 8 Recycled fantasies : obscenity between kitsch, convention and innovation -- Ch. 9 'Know thyself'? -- Ch. 10 Digital (counter- ) currents |
| Summary |
Explicit material is more widely available in the internet age than ever before, yet the concept of "obscenity" remains as difficult to pin down as it is to approach without bias: notions of what is "obscene" shift with societies' shifting mores, and our responses to explicit or disturbing material can be highly subjective. In this intelligent and sensitive book, Kerstin Mey grapples with the work of twentieth century artists practising at the edges of acceptability, from Hans Bellmer through to Nobuyoshi Araki, from Robert Mapplethorpe to Annie Sprinkle, and from Hermann Nitsch to Paul McCarthy. Mey refuses sweeping statements and "kneejerk" responses, arguing with dexterity that some works, regardless of their "high art" context, remain deeply problematic, while others are both groundbreaking and liberating |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-176) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Art and society.
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Erotic art -- Social aspects
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Obscenity (Law)
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Beeldende kunsten.
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Erotiek.
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Obsceniteiten.
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ART -- Subjects & Themes -- Erotica.
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Art and society.
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History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -.
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Obscenity (Law)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0857710567 |
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1429480009 |
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1845112342 |
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9780857710567 |
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9781429480000 |
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9781845112349 |
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