Cultural approaches to disgust and the visceral /

"This edited volume traces cultural appearances of disgust and investigates the varied forms and functions disgust takes and is given in both established and vernacular cultural practises. Contributors focus on the socio-cultural creation, consumption, reception and experiencing of disgust, a v...

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Corporate Author: Taylor & Francis
Other Authors: Ryynänen, Max (Editor), Kosonen, Heidi S. (Editor), Ylönen, Susanne C. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Routledge, 2023.
Series:Routledge advances in art and visual studies.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:"This edited volume traces cultural appearances of disgust and investigates the varied forms and functions disgust takes and is given in both established and vernacular cultural practises. Contributors focus on the socio-cultural creation, consumption, reception and experiencing of disgust, a visceral emotion whose cultural situatedness and circulation has historically been overlooked in academic scholarship. Chapters challenge and supplement the biological understanding of disgust as a danger reaction and as a base emotion evoked by the lower senses, touch, taste and smell, through a wealth of original case studies in which disgust is analyzed in its aesthetic qualities, and in its cultural and artistic appearances and uses, featuring visual and aural media. Because it is interdisciplinary, the book will be of interest to scholars in a wide range of fields, including visual studies, philosophy, aesthetics, sociology, history, literature, and musicology"--
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781000773484
1000773485
9781003205364
1003205364