Lozier, CA (2017) Franchir les frontières: lecture biopolitique de deux fictions de Georges Bataille (Crossing frontiers. A biopolitical reading of two fictional narratives by Georges Bataille). Littérature, 187. pp. 5-18. ISSN 0047-4800
Abstract
This article studies the act of crossing physical frontiers taken in both their bodily and geographical dimensions, in Story of the Eye (1928) and Blue of Noon (1935). It suggests these texts can be read as erotic travel stories that reject the biopolitical view about bodies and territories in interwar Europe. And doing so, it overturns the critique expressed by Giorgio Agamben towards Bataille’s thoughts on the biopolitical and sovereignty, by showing that the dispute between the two authors stems from opposite views on the subject.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2017, Armand Colin. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Littérature. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Languages Cultures & Societies (Leeds) > French (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 12 Jul 2017 09:53 |
Last Modified: | 28 Sep 2018 00:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Armand Colin |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:118901 |