Format:
1 Online-Ressource (x, 182 pages)
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illustrations
Edition:
First edition
Edition:
Also available in print
ISBN:
0857710567
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1429480009
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1845112342
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1845112350
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9780857710567
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9781845112349
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9780755604180
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9781429480000
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9781845112356
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9780857710567
Series Statement:
Art and--
Content:
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
Content:
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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-176) and index
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Also available in print.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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Barrierefreier Inhalt: Compliant with Level AA of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Content is displayed as HTML full text which can easily be resized or read with assistive technology, with mark-up that allows screen readers and keyboard-only users to navigate easily
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1845112350
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781845112356
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Mey, Kerstin Art and obscenity London ; New York, NY : I.B. Taurus, 2007 ISBN 1845112350
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781845112356
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
DOI:
10.5040/9780755604180
