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Auschwitz and Afterimages: Abjection, Witnessing and Representation
Nicholas Chare
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Description for Auschwitz and Afterimages: Abjection, Witnessing and Representation
Paperback. This deeply persuasive book presents a new and profound approach to the testimony of the Holocaust. Series: New Encounters: Arts, Cultures, Concepts. Num Pages: 240 pages, 6 integrated bw illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 486.
This deeply persuasive book presents a new and profound approach to the testimony of the Holocaust. Nicholas Chare offers a critical reassessment of the writings on the abject by Julia Kristeva, including her best known, highly influential work 'Powers of Horror', first translated into English in 1982. He re-appraises the value the concept of abjection holds for the study of the witnessing and representation of the Holocaust. Chare also provides fresh interpretations of, for example, the poetic prose of Charlotte Delbo and the paintings of Francis Bacon, and he explores the 'Scrolls of Auschwitz', discovered buried in the grounds of ... Read more
This deeply persuasive book presents a new and profound approach to the testimony of the Holocaust. Nicholas Chare offers a critical reassessment of the writings on the abject by Julia Kristeva, including her best known, highly influential work 'Powers of Horror', first translated into English in 1982. He re-appraises the value the concept of abjection holds for the study of the witnessing and representation of the Holocaust. Chare also provides fresh interpretations of, for example, the poetic prose of Charlotte Delbo and the paintings of Francis Bacon, and he explores the 'Scrolls of Auschwitz', discovered buried in the grounds of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Series
New Encounters: Arts, Cultures, Concepts
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848855915
SKU
V9781848855915
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About Nicholas Chare
Nicholas Chare is currently a Teaching Fellow at the Department of History of Art at the University of York and a Visiting Research Fellow at the School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies at the University of Leeds. He has recently published articles in Angelaki, Art History, Convergence, Cultural Critique, Journal of Cultural Research, Southern Review: Communication, ... Read more
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