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Item specifics
- Condition
- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
- Series
- Psychoanalysis
- EAN
- 9780807173497
- Subject Area
- Social Psychology
- ISBN
- 978-0-8071-7349-7
- Book Title
- The Pleasures of Death: Kurt Cobain's Masochistic
- Educational Level
- Adult & Further Education
- Level
- Advanced
- Subject
- Behavioral Sciences
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
LSU
ISBN-10
0807173495
ISBN-13
9780807173497
eBay Product ID (ePID)
8050083159
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
300 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Pleasures of Death : Kurt Cobain's Masochistic and Melancholic Persona
Publication Year
2020
Subject
History & Criticism, Gender Studies, American / General, Genres & Styles / Rock
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Music, Literary Criticism, Social Science
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
0 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2020-018194
TitleLeading
The
Reviews
In bringing together Kurt Cobain's 'most poignant lyrics and journal fragments' to demonstrate 'the ways in which both writing and reading about melancholy can be life-affirming,' Saint-Aubin has created a wonderful memorial not only to Cobain's troubled genius but especially to his profound humaneness., In bringing together Kurt Cobain?s ?most poignant lyrics and journal fragments? to demonstrate ?the ways in which both writing and reading about melancholy can be life-affirming,? Saint-Aubin has created a wonderful memorial not only to Cobain?s troubled genius but especially to his profound humaneness.
Illustrated
Yes
Synopsis
The year 2019 marked the twenty-fifth anniversary of the death of Kurt Cobain, an artist whose music, words, and images continue to move millions of fans worldwide. As the first academic study that provides a literary analysis of Cobain?s creative writings, Arthur Flannigan Saint-Aubin?s The Pleasures of Death: Kurt Cobain?s Masochistic and Melancholic Persona approaches the journals and songs crafted by Nirvana?s iconic front man from the perspective of cultural theory and psychoanalytic aesthetics. Drawing on critiques and reformulations of psychoanalytic theory by feminist, queer, and antiracist scholars, Saint-Aubin considers the literary means by which Cobain creates the persona of a young, white, heterosexual man who expresses masochistic and melancholic behaviors. On the one hand, this individual welcomes pain and humiliation as atonement for unpardonable sins; on the other, he experiences a profound sense of loss and grief, seeking death as the ultimate act of pleasure. The first-person narrators and characters that populate Cobain?s texts underscore the political and aesthetic repercussions of his art. Cobain?s distinctive version of grunge, understood as a subculture, a literary genre, and a cultural practice, represents a specific performance of race and gender, one that facilitates an understanding of the self as part of a larger social order. Saint-Aubin approaches Cobain?s writings independently of the artist?s biography, positioning these texts within the tradition of postmodern representations of masculinity in twentieth-century American fiction, while also suggesting connections to European Romantic traditions from the nineteenth century that postulate a relation between melancholy (or depression) and creativity. In turn, through Saint-Aubin?s elegant analysis, Cobain?s creative writings illuminate contradictions and inconsistencies within psychoanalytic theory itself concerning the intersection of masculinity, masochism, melancholy, and the death drive. By foregrounding Cobain?s ability to challenge coextensive links between gender, sexuality, and race, The Pleasures of Death reveals how the cultural politics and aesthetics of this tragic icon?s works align with feminist strategies, invite queer readings, and perform antiracist critiques of American culture., The year 2019 marked the twenty-fifth anniversary of the death of Kurt Cobain, an artist whose music, words, and images continue to move millions of fans worldwide. As the first academic study that provides a literary analysis of Cobain's creative writings, Arthur Flannigan Saint-Aubin's The Pleasures of Death: Kurt Cobain's Masochistic and Melancholic Persona approaches the journals and songs crafted by Nirvana's iconic front man from the perspective of cultural theory and psychoanalytic aesthetics. Drawing on critiques and reformulations of psychoanalytic theory by feminist, queer, and antiracist scholars, Saint-Aubin considers the literary means by which Cobain creates the persona of a young, white, heterosexual man who expresses masochistic and melancholic behaviors. On the one hand, this individual welcomes pain and humiliation as atonement for unpardonable sins; on the other, he experiences a profound sense of loss and grief, seeking death as the ultimate act of pleasure. The first-person narrators and characters that populate Cobain's texts underscore the political and aesthetic repercussions of his art. Cobain's distinctive version of grunge, understood as a subculture, a literary genre, and a cultural practice, represents a specific performance of race and gender, one that facilitates an understanding of the self as part of a larger social order. Saint-Aubin approaches Cobain's writings independently of the artist's biography, positioning these texts within the tradition of postmodern representations of masculinity in twentieth-century American fiction, while also suggesting connections to European Romantic traditions from the nineteenth century that postulate a relation between melancholy (or depression) and creativity. In turn, through Saint-Aubin's elegant analysis, Cobain's creative writings illuminate contradictions and inconsistencies within psychoanalytic theory itself concerning the intersection of masculinity, masochism, melancholy, and the death drive. By foregrounding Cobain's ability to challenge coextensive links between gender, sexuality, and race, The Pleasures of Death reveals how the cultural politics and aesthetics of this tragic icon's works align with feminist strategies, invite queer readings, and perform antiracist critiques of American culture.
LC Classification Number
ML420.C59S23 2020
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