Against and beyond
Subtitle: subversion and transgression in mass media, popular culture and performance
By: edited by Magdalena Cieślak and Agnieszka Rasmus
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Newcastle upon Tyne
Language: eng
Number of pages: 189
ISBN-13: 9781443837736
Subjects: Popular culture; Mass media and culture
Description: Against and Beyond: Subversion and Transgression in Mass Media, Popular Culture and Performance is a collection of fourteen essays by scholars representing a number of disciplines discussing transgression and subversion in film, television, music, theatre and digital media. Moving across major political and cultural movements of the 20th century, the book addresses a global need for transgression and subversion in our times. Applying theories of Freud, Lacan, Kristeva, Foucault, Adorno and Horkheimer, Deleuze and Guattari, and Butler, the volume is an important contribution to understanding the mechanisms and functions of subversion and transgression in contemporary media and popular culture and provides essential reading for all those seeking to go against and beyond.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.