The masses are revolting: Victorian culture and the political aesthetics of disgust
By bringing to light disgust's role as a public passion, The Masses Are Revolting reveals significant new connections between these apparently disconnected forms of social control, knowledge production, and infrastructural development.
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Ithaca London
Cornell University Press
2021
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| In: | Year: 2021 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Great Britain
/ Aversion
/ Social situation
/ Culture
/ History 1800-1900
B Girard, René 1923-2015 |
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Aversion-Great Britain-History-19th century
B Electronic books B Aversion-Political aspects-Great Britain-History-19th century |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | By bringing to light disgust's role as a public passion, The Masses Are Revolting reveals significant new connections between these apparently disconnected forms of social control, knowledge production, and infrastructural development. THE MASSES ARE REVOLTING -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Of Origins and Orifices -- Part I. The Rationalization of Revulsion -- 1. The Odor of Things -- 2. Realism and Repulsion -- Part II. Primal Scenes, Human Sciences -- 3. Darwin's Vomit -- 4. The Masses Are Revolting -- or, The Birth of Social Theory from the Spirit of Disgust -- Part III. The Disenchantment of Disgust -- 5. The Age of Obscenity -- Conclusion: Horizons of Expectoration -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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| Item Description: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 325 Seiten) |
| ISBN: | 978-1-5017-5648-1 978-1-5017-5647-4 |
