In an attempt to exemplify Peter Greenaway's fascination with heterotopias, alternative orga... more In an attempt to exemplify Peter Greenaway's fascination with heterotopias, alternative organisation and History, this essay will focus on deciphering the meanings in his film trilogy The Tulse Luper Suitcases, using textual evidence mainly from the first and second part. It will also occasionally draw on Greenaway's museum practices, since the Museum is a heterotopia that holds a prominent place in Greenaway's work. The theoretical premises behind all the interpretations attempted lie in the work of Michel Foucault, which will serve as the fundamental background and will provide the stepping stone for the film analysis throughout the essay. As this paper will argue, these two thinkers share a nominalist view of history, which is reflected in Foucault's work and illustrated in Greenaway's cinematography. The goal of this essay is thus to draw parallels between their worldviews in an attempt to interpret Greenaway's work through Foucault's theory.
After reviewing the theory and history of Disgust which has only taken off since 1990, this paper... more After reviewing the theory and history of Disgust which has only taken off since 1990, this paper sets off to explore why and how N. Nikolaides’ Singapore Sling is disgusting and follows a revision of the theory of Abjection as well as its further appropriation and developments. Furthermore, there is an attempt to correlate Disgust with Abjection and by some means enrich the theory of the latter. The theory is then applied to film and is used in order to explore in what ways Singapore Sling could be considered abject(ive) and a ‘ritual of defilement’.
In an attempt to exemplify Peter Greenaway's fascination with heterotopias, alternative orga... more In an attempt to exemplify Peter Greenaway's fascination with heterotopias, alternative organisation and History, this essay will focus on deciphering the meanings in his film trilogy The Tulse Luper Suitcases, using textual evidence mainly from the first and second part. It will also occasionally draw on Greenaway's museum practices, since the Museum is a heterotopia that holds a prominent place in Greenaway's work. The theoretical premises behind all the interpretations attempted lie in the work of Michel Foucault, which will serve as the fundamental background and will provide the stepping stone for the film analysis throughout the essay. As this paper will argue, these two thinkers share a nominalist view of history, which is reflected in Foucault's work and illustrated in Greenaway's cinematography. The goal of this essay is thus to draw parallels between their worldviews in an attempt to interpret Greenaway's work through Foucault's theory.
After reviewing the theory and history of Disgust which has only taken off since 1990, this paper... more After reviewing the theory and history of Disgust which has only taken off since 1990, this paper sets off to explore why and how N. Nikolaides’ Singapore Sling is disgusting and follows a revision of the theory of Abjection as well as its further appropriation and developments. Furthermore, there is an attempt to correlate Disgust with Abjection and by some means enrich the theory of the latter. The theory is then applied to film and is used in order to explore in what ways Singapore Sling could be considered abject(ive) and a ‘ritual of defilement’.
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