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Creativity and Perversion

by Janine Chasseguet-Smirgel

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This is the best single account of the psychoanalysis of creativity, pseudo-creativity and the perverse mind. The author explores art, film and literature to show the relations between true creativity and the artful universe of the pervert.

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Janine Chasseguet-Smirgel

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Genres: Nonfiction, Anthropology, Art & Design
DDC/MDS: 700.1 — Arts & recreation Arts Arts & Recreation Philosophy and theory of the arts
LCC: NX180 .P7 — Fine Arts Arts in general Arts in general General
BISAC: PSY PSYCHOLOGY General

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Languages: Danish, English, Italian
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Published: 1984
Genres: Nonfiction, Anthropology, Art & Design
DDC/MDS: 700.1
LCC: NX180 .P7

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