Abject visions Semantics

Abject visions SemanticsAn impressive list of authors examine how abjection can be discussed in relation to a host of different subjects, including marginality and gender.

Recounting a walk of twenty miles across Beijing

racial and cultural lines

the book retraces the development and decline of the ‘aquarium mania’

The past twenty years have seen major changes in the ways that television formats and programming are developed and replicated internationally for different markets – with locally focused repackagings of hit reality shows leading the way

film and new media to ask whether public spaces are viable in an age of globalized consumerism

journalism

differences in lived experiences

scenes and subcultures

In addition to creative concerns

The book also includes extracts from prison plays

social activities

politics and the representation of Antigone – a figure frequently used and abused in feminist politics