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PublisherPalgrave Macmillan The Limited

ISBN-100230389333

ISBN-139780230389335

eBay Product ID (ePID)201698760

Product Key Features

Number of PagesXii, 231 Pages

Publication NameAbjection and Representation : an Exploration of Abjection in the Visual Arts, Film and Literature

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2014

SubjectTelevision / History & Criticism, General, Film / History & Criticism

TypeTextbook

AuthorRina Arya

Subject AreaArt, Performing Arts

FormatHardcover

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Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight144.3 Oz

Item Length8.9 in

Item Width5.4 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

Dewey Edition23

Reviews'Rina Arya's Abjection and Representation is a clearly written and accessible introductory guide to our various social, political, psychic, corporeal, and aesthetic 'adventures of abjection' in contemporary theory, art, literature, and film. The book is long-needed and effectively has no peers.' Calvin Thomas, Georgia State University, USA 'The theme of abjection involves necessarily close attention to the work of Georges Bataille and Julia Kristeva. It begins in our human experience of the body in all its complexity, involving a profound sense of the sacred and the dark depths of psychoanalysis in Kristeva's writings. At the same time, the relationship between experience and the theoretical is central to Arya's work. She covers the fields of art, film and literature with equal ease and leaves us profoundly in her debt. This is a mature, articulate book that traverses difficult terrain for the reader who will find the author a sure and invaluable guide.' - David Jasper, University of Glasgow and Renmin University of China, Beijing, 'Rina Arya's Abjection and Representation is a clearly written and accessible introductory guide to our various social, political, psychic, corporeal, and aesthetic 'adventures of abjection' in contemporary theory, art, literature, and film. The book is long-needed and effectively has no peers.' Calvin Thomas, Georgia State University, USA 'The theme of abjection involves necessarily close attention to the work of Georges Bataille and Julia Kristeva. It begins in our human experience of the body in all its complexity, involving a profound sense of the sacred and the dark depths of psychoanalysis in Kristeva's writings. At the same time, the relationship between experience and the theoretical is central to Arya's work. She covers the fields of art, film and literature with equal ease and leaves us profoundly in her debt. This is a mature, articulate book that traverses difficult terrain for the reader who will find the author a sure and invaluable guide.' - David Jasper, University of Glasgow and Renmin University of China, Beijing, "Rina Arya's Abjection and Representation is a clearly written and accessible introductory guide to our various social, political, psychic, corporeal, and aesthetic 'adventures of abjection' in contemporary theory, art, literature, and film. The book is long-needed and effectively has no peers." Calvin Thomas, Georgia State University, USA

Number of Volumes1 vol.

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal809.93353

Table Of ContentContents Preface Introduction 1. Unpacking Abjection 2. A Cultural History of Abjection 3. Recovering the Sacred: The Abject Body 4. Abjection in the Visual Arts 5. The Formless 6. Abjection and Film 7. Abjection in Literature Concluding Remarks

SynopsisAbjection 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., 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. Rina Arya provides an accessible, systematic and interdisciplinary exposition of abjection in psychoanalysis, the role that it occupies in society and its resonance in different cultural fields. Drawing on the work of Georges Bataille, Mary Douglas and other theorists, the book explores the significance and continuing development of abjection as a cultural code that is of interest to contemporary artists, writers and film theorists. It promotes rigour, intelligibility and cross-disciplinary understanding.

LC Classification NumberNX1-820