| Exposure: Revealing Bodies, Unveiling Representations Contributor(s): Banks, Kathryn (Editor), Harris, Joseph (Editor), Collier, Peter (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0820469734 ISBN-13: 9780820469737 Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing OUR PRICE: $43.65 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2004 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | European - French - Drama - Social Science | Women's Studies |
| Dewey: 840.935 |
| LCCN: 2004048549 |
| Series: Modern French Identities, |
| Physical Information: 188 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - French - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The notion of « exposure underlies much modern thinking about identity, representation, ethics, desire and sexuality. This provocative notion is explored in a collection of essay selected form, and inspired by, the proceedings of a conference held in the Department of French at the University of Cambridge in 2002. The authors engage with exposure as both object and mode of representation in a range of cultural media: literature, critical theory, visual art and film. They analyse a variety of works from the medieval, early-modern, and modern periods, examining not only canonical texts such as Montaigne's Essais but also lesser-studied works such as the psychoanalytic theory of Didier Anzieu, the photomontage self-portraits of Claude Cahun, and the novel La Nouvelle Pornographie by Marie Nimier. This volume thus both illustrates and, more importantly, interrogates the richness of the term « exposure, in a way that is stimulating for students and researchers alike. |