UID:
almahu_9949703277102882
Format:
1 online resource.
ISBN:
9783846763452
Series Statement:
Schöningh and Fink Literature and Culture E-Books Online, Collection 2018, ISBN: 9783657100071
Content:
What makes an image offensive? - This question is addressed in this volume. It explores tensions and debates about offensive images and performative practices in various settings in and beyond Europe. Its basic premise is that a deeper understanding of what is at stake in these tensions and debates calls for a multidisciplinary conversation. The authors focus on images that appear to trigger strongly negative reactions; images that are perceived as insulting or offensive; those subject to taboos and restrictions; or those that are condemned as blasphemous. In light of recurrent acts of violence leveled against images and symbols in the contemporary, globally entangled world, addressing instances of "icono-clash" (Bruno Latour) from a new post-secular, global perspective has become a matter of urgency.
Note:
Preliminary Material /
,
Preface /
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Introduction /
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Offending Pictures. What Makes Images Powerful /
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Art and Religion in a Post-Secular, Multi-Religious Society /
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The Downfall of the Utopias. Pier Paolo Pasolini's Modernist Heresies /
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Blasphemous Feminist Art. Incarnate Politics of Identity from a Post-Secular Perspective /
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The Kaaba of New York /
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From the »Religious« to the »Aesthetic« Image, or the Struggle over Art that Offends /
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Destroying Krishna Imagery. What are the Limits of Academic and Artistic Freedom? /
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Blood, Sweat and Tears. The Martyred Body in Chinese Performance Art /
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Dirty Pictures. Vulgar Street Art in Lahore, Pakistan /
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A Brief Anatomy of Offensive Imagery /
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Is There such a Thing as an »Offensive Picture«? /
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The Dynamics of Taking Offense. Concluding Thoughts and Outlook /
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Biographies /
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List of Illustrations/Image Quotations /
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Taking Offense Religion, Art, and Visual Culture in Plural Configurations /
Additional Edition:
Print version: Taking Offense: Religion, Art, and Visual Culture in Plural Configurations Paderborn : Wilhelm Fink, 2018, ISBN 9783770563456
Language:
German
URL:
Volltext
(URL des Erstveröffentlichers)
