Against and Beyond : Subversion and Transgression in Mass Media, Popular Culture and Performance

Author: Cieślak, Magdalena
Published: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012.
Physical Description: 1 online resource (197 pages)
Additional Creators: Rasmus, Agnieszka

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English.

Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; TRANSGRESSING CAPITALISM IN KATHY ACKER AND MARILYN MANSON'S PUNK AND GOTH AESTHETICS; NOISE AS CULTURAL SUBVERSION; CHAPTER TWO; COME TOGETHER; TOUCHING THE OTHER (,) WOMAN; XXY; CHAPTER THREE; ELECTRONIC LITERATURE; THEATRE AND EMIGRATION; THEATRE, TELEVISION, SHAKESPEARE?; CHAPTER FOUR; HORROR FILMS AS MODERN RITUALS OF DEFILEMENT; BREAKING BAD ON TV; CHAPTER FIVE; TRANSGRESSION IN SALLY POTTER'S FILM ADAPTATION OF VIRGINIA WOOLF'S ORLANDO; CINEMATIC CARMILLAS; CHAPTER SIX; "WHAT A KERFUFFLE." and "THE WORLD IS CURLING UP LIKE AN AUTUMN LEAF"CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX.

Summary

Against and Beyond: Subversion and Transgression in Mass Media, Popular Culture and Performance is a collection of fourteen essays by scholars representing a number of disciplines discussing transgression and subversion in film, television, music, theatre and digital media. Moving across major political and cultural movements of the 20th century, the book addresses a global need for transgression and subversion in our times. Applying theories of Freud, Lacan, Kristeva, Foucault, Adorno and H ...

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9781443838405
1443838403
1443837733
9781443837736

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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