Anmerkungen:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-312) and index
Beschreibung:
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.
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