Modern African women writers have introduced a new autobiographical discourse around their experience of excision that brings nuance to the female genital mutilation debate. Spanning pharaonic times through classical antiquity to the onset of the 21st century, this study shows h…
The history of aesthetics portrays the relationship between high and low, i.e. between high and popular culture, as being strongly antagonistic. On the other hand crossovers to illegitimate forms of art, the integration of various forms of non-art and a striking appreciation of …
Die Geschichte der Ästhetik verzeichnet das Verhältnis von high und low, also von Hoch- und Populärkultur, als ein streng antagonistisches. Andererseits findet in der Gegenwartsliteratur kein Ende, was spätestens mit den historischen Avantgarden programmatisch wurde: Grenzübersc…
The history of aesthetics portrays the relationship between 'high' and 'low', i.e. between high and popular culture, as being strongly antagonistic. On the other hand crossovers to "illegitimate" forms of art, the integration of various forms of non-art and a striking appreciati…
With essays on: Nicole Brossard, Madeleine Gagnon, Louky Bersianik and France Théoret.
"Contemporary culture is full of anxiety. But what happens when art, which usually purports to soothe us, actually disturbs us? What affective distortions do aesthetic experiences afford us when solace isn't the ultimate ambition? What happens when art fails, or when we fail to …