Abjection, Remembering and the Still-Performing Document.

In the same way that Kristeva describes how abject substances gesture towards the dissolution of the subject and, thereby, towards death, it will be my contention that the still-performing documents created during the performances of Mendieta and Antoni embody abjection – at least in part – by aesth...

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Publicado en:Performance Research Vol. 19; no. 1; pp. 102 - 111
Autor principal: Vivash, Kelsy
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Mar2014
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Sumario:In the same way that Kristeva describes how abject substances gesture towards the dissolution of the subject and, thereby, towards death, it will be my contention that the still-performing documents created during the performances of Mendieta and Antoni embody abjection – at least in part – by aestheticizing the replacement of the departed subject with the objects that once surrounded it.