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OverviewThis provocative book re-conceives the erotic and its imaginative manifestations as an aesthetic ultimately driven by the disruption of desire. Critical, philosophical, and erotic texts construct a framework for understanding the aesthetics of eroticism including a «resisting nude» grounded in a theory of absence and the psychosocial dynamic of physical and mental surveillance. Resisting Nudities offers a necessary link between the poetry of jouissance and the revolt of body and mind intrinsic to the erotic, at a key moment in our contemporary cultural landscape. Written through a poetic lens, it is a creative new analysis of what George Bataille called the most intense of human moments. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Florence Dee BoodakianPublisher: Peter Lang Publishing Inc Imprint: Peter Lang Publishing Inc Edition: 2nd Revised edition Weight: 0.290kg ISBN: 9780820486147ISBN 10: 0820486140 Pages: 104 Publication Date: 30 June 2008 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand ![]() We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviewsIn her well documented book, both cultural and philosophical, Dr Boodakian warns us against the danger of a society of auto-surveillance, a coded society where the individual has gradually and naturally internalised rules which make freedom an illusion, depriving him/her of being a 'subject' in the unknown (and rich) land of eroticism. In addition, she guides us with great panache towards this no man's land of the unconscious which separates the Erotic from Porn. (Isabelle Pagot-Votelet, Professor at the IAV d'Orleans (Institute of Visual Arts) and at the Sefco, University of Orleans, France) «In her well documented book, both cultural and philosophical, Dr Boodakian warns us against the danger of a society of auto-surveillance, a coded society where the individual has gradually and naturally internalised rules which make freedom an illusion, depriving him/her of being a 'subject' in the unknown (and rich) land of eroticism. In addition, she guides us with great panache towards this no man's land of the unconscious which separates the Erotic from Porn. -- Isabelle Pagot-Votelet Author InformationThe Author: Florence Dee Boodakian has a Ph.D. in modern British literature from New York University and currently teaches English literature and human rights studies at SUNY Nassau. She is the author of Tormenting Angel: A Psychoaesthetic Theory of Imagination (Peter Lang, 1999). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |