Art and obscenity /

Mey, Kerstin,

Art and obscenity / Kerstin Mey. - x, 182 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. - Art and-- . - Art and--. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-176) and index.

'I know it when I see it' : on the definition and history of the category of the obscene -- Transgressive rituals -- Abjection and dis-ease -- Violent images : aesthetic simulations -- 'Playing with the dead' : the cadaver as fascinosum -- Anti-normative acts : radical liberation? -- Obscenity and the documentary tradition -- Recycled fantasies : obscenity between kitsch, convention and innovation -- 'Know thyself'? -- Digital (counter-) currents -- Cyber-(ob)scene. Ch. 1. Ch. 2. Ch. 3. Ch. 4. Ch. 5. Ch. 6. Ch. 7. Ch. 8. Ch. 9. Ch. 10. Ch. 11.

1845112350 9781845112356 1845112342 9781845112349


Obscenity (Law)
Art and society
Erotic art--Social aspects

N8217.E6 / M59 2007

701.03

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