Popular Culture Review 31.2 • Spring 2020
Susan Sontag ’ s Melancholy Object in the Wake of ( Post- ) Postmodernism : A Case Study of the Portrait of Klein by Hannah Diamond
by Senne Schraeyen
ABSTRACT
This article is a close reading of a photograph by Hannah Diamond . The work is analyzed using updated versions of Susan Sontag ’ s Melancholy Object theory in a postmodern and post-postmodern society . Diamond ’ s work is a variant of Melancholy Objects : a postmodern Melancholy Object , an image that is made to evoke feelings of nostalgia . This makes Diamond ’ s practice an interesting case to magnify contemporary pop culture ’ s interest in nostalgia and postmodernism , despite Sontag ’ s and post-postmodernists ’ critiques .
Keywords : Melancholy Object , nostalgia , photography , contemporary popular culture , postmodernism , post-postmodernism , Susan Sontag , Hannah Diamond
El objeto melancólico de Susan Sontag tras la ( pos- ) posmodernidad : Un estudio de caso del retrato de Klein por Hannah Diamond
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Este artículo es una lectura cercana de una fotografía de Hannah Diamond . El trabajo se analizará utilizando versiones actualizadas de la teoría del Objeto Melancólico de Susan Sontag en una sociedad posmoderna y posmoderna . El tradoi : 10.18278 / pcr . 31.2.3