Episode 52: Julia Kristeva, Metaphor as Resistance
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English - May 12, 2019 13:35 - 7 minutes - 6.45 MB - ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsVisual Arts Arts History arthistoryartshort Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Julia Kristeva, the Bulgarian-French philosopher, offers in her theorization hope for resistance against ruling ideologies within artworks themselves. Artists can produce "openings" by creating metaphors through serious play, turning rules upside down, displaying pleasure, laughter and poetry which include thoughtful critique --- delightful, anarchistic, alternative visions that are embodiments of and empower other forms of resistance.