Art and obscenity /
Kerstin Mey.
- London ; New York : I.B. Taurus, 2007.
- x, 182 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-176) and index.
\'I know it when I see it\': on the definition and history of the category of the obscene -- Transgressive rituals -- Abjection and dis-ease -- Vilent images: aesthetic simulations -- \'Playing with the dead\': the cadaver as fascinosum -- Anti-normative acts: radical liberation? -- Obscenity and the documentary tradition -- Recycled fantasies: obscenity between kitsch, convention and innovation -- \'Know thyself? -- Digital (counter-) currents -- Cyber-(ob)scene.