Savoring disgust
Subtitle: the foul and the fair in aesthetics
By: Carolyn Korsmeyer
Publisher: Oxford University Press; Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780199756940; 9780199756933
Description: Disgust is a strong aversion, yet paradoxically it can constitute an appreciative aesthetic response to works of art. Artistic disgust can be funny, profound, sorrowful, or gross. This book examines numerous examples of disgust as it is aroused by art and offers a set of explanations for its aesthetic appeal.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: What is disgust?; title: Attractive aversions; title: Delightful, delicious, disgusting; title: Varieties of aesthetic disgust; title: The magnetism of disgust; title: Hearts; title: The foul and the fair.