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Negrete brings together women writers and artists known for their formal experimentation to show that "the aesthetic experiences afforded by their work are underwritten by a tenacious and uniquely feminine ethics of desire."-- taken from back cover.

Title The aesthetic clinic : feminine sublimation in contemporary writing, psychoanalysis, and art / Fernanda Negrete.
Publisher Albany, New York : SUNY Press
Creation Date [2020]
Content Introduction: On Freud's couch, dreaming of art -- Part I. The transvaluation of health -- Louise Bourgeois' art of hysteria -- Transmuting pain into joy with Precious liquids -- Lygia Clark on the space-body problem -- Part II. Love beyond pleasure -- (Re)visions of love: Marguerite Duras -- Developing Douleur exquise: Sophie Calle et al. -- Part III For an uncanny ethics of care -- Water, weather, words: Le temps with Roni Horn and Clarice Lispector.
Extent 1 online resource (xi, 333 pages) : illustrations
Language English
Copyright Date ©2020
National Library system number 997011079618005171
MARC RECORDS
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