Absent presence, pathological afterimages, and the aesthetics of excrement
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]Absent presence, pathological afterimages, and the aesthetics of excrement
[nb-NO]Author[nb-NO]
Call number940.5318/0052
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]10693c
[nb-NO]Place of publication[nb-NO]Evanston, Illinois, United States
[nb-NO]Publisher[nb-NO]Northwestern University Press
[nb-NO]Year of publication[nb-NO]
2021
[nb-NO]Pagination[nb-NO]pp68-85
[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]Article
NotesArticle from the book 'Lessons and legacies: the Holocaust in the twenty-first century: relevance and challenges in the digital age' pp68-85
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
The author mounts a philosophical investigation of excremental aesthetics during the Holocaust, using a range of philosophical, literary, testimonial and visual sources. She asserts that the stench of excrement has yet to be grasped or understood as a site of ''olfactory information 'about the Holocaust.