Savoring Disgust: The Foul and the Fair in Aesthetics

by Carolyn Korsmeyer

Book Overview

Disgust is among the strongest of aversions, characterized by involuntary physical recoil and even nausea. Yet paradoxically, disgusting objects can sometimes exert a grisly allure, and this emotion can constitute a positive, appreciative aesthetic response when exploited by works of art -- a phenomenon labelled here "aesthetic disgust." While the reactive, visceral quality of disgust contributes to its misleading reputation as a relatively "primitive"...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199756937
• ISBN13: 9780199756933
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"