UID:
almafu_9961652783102883
Format:
1 online resource (320 p.)
ISBN:
9781789205916
Series Statement:
Polygons: Cultural Diversities and Intersections ; 4
Content:
In this highly original approach to the study of the construction of culture, this collection of previously unpublished essays explore the topography of the secret and the forbidden, focusing on specific moments in recent cultural and political history. By bringing together writers from different disciplines and different locations, this volume provides a rich and diverse mapping of how the secret and forbidden operate across different subjects and different geographies, extending far beyond physical locations. It is present in domains ranging from language, literature, and cinema to social and political life. This refreshing and thought-provoking collection of essays will prove invaluable for researchers and students.
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Frontmatter --
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CONTENTS --
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List of Illustrations --
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Acknowledgements --
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Introduction: Spaces, Places, Sites/Sights of the Secret and Forbidden --
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PART I THE LITERARY SPACES OF DESIRE --
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1. Walls, Curtains and Screens: Spatio-Sexual Metaphor in the Kagerô nikki --
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2. Secrets of the Forbidden Chamber: Bluebeard --
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3. Secrecy and Masquerade in Stendhal --
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4. Thresholds of Desire and Domestic Space in Nineteenth-Century French Fiction --
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5. Women’s Sanctuaries and Spatial Transgressions in the Novels of Jean Giraudoux --
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6. Forbidden Desires: Adolescent Sexuality in Jean Cocteau and Antal Szerb --
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7. Quests in a Cupboard --
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PART II POLITICS OF THE FORBIDDEN --
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8. Human Interiority and the French Enlightenment --
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9. The Hidden World of the Marais --
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10. Making Ideal Histories: The Film Censorship Board in Postwar France --
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11. Forbidden Reality: the Language and Functions of Propaganda --
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12. Walking a Tightrope Over Forbidden Territory: East German Cinema and Evelyn Schmidt’s The Bicycle --
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13. Naming and Exclusion: the Politics of Language in Contemporary France --
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14. Cobwebby States, Chilled Vaults? The Nation State in Contemporary Irish Feminist Poetry --
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PART III VISUAL SPACES EMBODIED PLACES --
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Image --
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15. The Virtual Intersection: a Meditation on Domestic Virtue --
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16. ‘Anxious Performances’: Aestheticism, the Art Gallery and the Ambulatory Geographies of Late Nineteenth- Century London --
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17. You Want to See? Well, take a look at this! Ethical Vision, Disembodiment and Light in Marcel Duchamp’s Etant Donnés --
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18. Lost in Space Between East and West: Roots Behind the Iron Curtain --
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19. Making Spaces Visible: Alison Wilding’s Early Sculpture --
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20. Hidden Spaces and Public Places: Women, Memory and Contemporary Monuments – Jenny Holzer and Rachel Whiteread --
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Conclusion: Rethinking Culture --
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Notes on Contributors --
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Bibliography --
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Index
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In English.
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
DOI:
10.1515/9781789205916
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781789205916?locatt=mode:legacy
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781789205916
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