The Politics of Obscenity in the Age of the Gutenberg Revolution (Routledge Research in Early Modern History)

The Politics of Obscenity in the Age of the Gutenberg Revolution (Routledge Research in Early Modern History)
by: Peter Frei (Editor),Nelly Labère (Editor)
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Edition: 1st
Publication Date: 2021/12/31
Language: English
Print Length: 390 pages
ISBN-10: 0367537354
ISBN-13: 9780367537357
Book Description
What does obscene mean? What does it have to say about the means through which meaning is produced and received in literary, artistic and, more broadly, social acts of representation and interaction? Early modern France and Europe faced these questions not only in regard to the political, religious and artistic reformations for which the Renaissance stands, but also in light of the reconfiguration of its mediasphere in the wake of the invention of the printing press. The Politics of Obscenity brings together researchers from Europe and the United States in offering scholars of early modern Europe a detailed understanding of the implications and the impact of obscene representations in their relationship to the Gutenberg Revolution which came to define Western modernity.
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What does obscene mean? What does it have to say about the means through which meaning is produced and received in literary, artistic and, more broadly, social acts of representation and interaction? Early modern France and Europe faced these questions not only in regard to the political, religious and artistic reformations for which the Renaissance stands, but also in light of the reconfiguration of its mediasphere in the wake of the invention of the printing press. The Politics of Obscenity brings together researchers from Europe and the United States in offering scholars of early modern Europe a detailed understanding of the implications and the impact of obscene representations in their relationship to the Gutenberg Revolution which came to define Western modernity. Read more