The Aesthetics of Disgust: Revolting Bodies and Other Gruesome Things in post-1990 Women's Writing (CCWW Seminar)

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Description

Held at the Centre for the study of Contemporary Women's Writing, Institute for Modern Languages Research, London as part of the CCWW Seminar series convened by Gill Rye.

Speakers:
Katie Jones (Nottingham): Towards a Feminist Aesthetics of Disgust? Amélie Nothomb, Marie Darrieussecq, Charlotte Roche
Nina Schmidt (Sheffield): ‘[I]mmer so ekelhafte Gedanken’ [‘Always such disgusting thoughts’] – Illness, Death and the Female Grotesque in Charlotte Roche’s 'Schossgebete' ['Lap Prayers']
Emma Bond (St Andrews): Food Disgust in New Female Intercultural Italian Writing
Elizabeth Boa (Nottingham): Lust or Disgust? The Blurring of Boundaries in Karen Duve's 'Regenroman'
Period26 Jun 2013
Event typeOther
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Keywords

  • disgust
  • contemporary literature
  • french
  • german
  • italian
  • women's writing