{"product_id":"beauty-and-the-abject-interdisciplinary-perspectives-9780820488103","title":"Beauty and the Abject: Interdisciplinary Perspectives","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Horst Daemmrich | Leslie Boldt-Irons | Corrado Federici\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Aesthetics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection of eighteen essays explores the meanings and depictions of beauty and the abject in art (from Renaissance portraiture to the canvasses of Salvador Dali); photography and the representation of the body; film (from the horror genre and gay\/lesbian sexuality to socio-political problems); literature (from classical lyric and pastoral drama to the contemporary verbal arts); cultural studies (from the \u003ci\u003efemme fatale\u003c\/i\u003e and James Bond to vampires and monsters); architecture; and linguistics. These essays not only examine the theme from a variety of media and critical perspectives, they also scrutinize and challenge traditional notions of beauty and the abject.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47891988840599,"sku":"9780820488103","price":6450.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780820488103.webp?v=1781185382","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/beauty-and-the-abject-interdisciplinary-perspectives-9780820488103","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}