The politics and aesthetics of refusal / edited by Caroline Hamilton ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hamilton, Caroline D.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Negativism--Congresses.

Negativism.

Negativism in literature--Congresses.

Negativism in literature.

Politics in literature--Congresses.

Politics in literature.

Literature, Modern--History and criticism--Congresses.

Literature, Modern.

Genre:

Libros electrónicos.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (203 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle, U.K. : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2007.

Newcastle, UK : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Politics and Aesthetics of Refusal is an eclectic collection of essays from emerging academics who engage with the notion of ""refusal"" both as the embodiment of a resistance to conventional boundaries between academic disciplines, and as a concept wit

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; ON REFUSAL; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; SUSTAINING REFUSAL; PLAYING IN THE MARGINS; BURSTING THE BUBBLE; THE ABSENCE OF ALBANIAN JOKES ABOUT SOCIALISM, OR WHY SOME DICTATORSHIPS ARE NOT FUNNY; BRIAN CASTRO'S RADICAL DISORIENTALISM IN SHANGHAI DANCING; C. J. KOCH; SCHIZOPHRENIA'S MULTIPLE REFUSALS; PSYCHOANALYTIC REFUSE IN BECKETT'S COMMENT C'EST / HOW IT IS; SPECTRES OF EURIPIDEAN REFUSAL; REFUSING THE MEDIEVAL OTHER; A TASTE OF REFUSAL; GENERIC INTRIGUE; CONTRIBUTORS

Notes:

"The Politics and Aesthetics of Refusal began life as a postgraduate humanities conference held in April 2005."--P. [xii].

Includes bibliographical references.

Descripción basada en metadatos suministrados por el editor y otras fuentes.

ISBN:

1-282-19027-X

9786612190278

1-4438-0639-0

OCLC:

1183834683