Reflections on transforming Lolita: the (de)generation of an image

dc.contributor.authorRoodt, Anton
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-12T06:16:30Z
dc.date.available2019-07-12T06:16:30Z
dc.date.issued2002
dc.description.abstractThis article deals with Vladimir Nabakov's "Lolita", a literary work discovered by Graham Greene in 1955, as image. More specifically, the transformation of Nabokov's original image and the subsequent absorption of "Lolita" as image into mass culture are highlighted. Salient aspects discussed with reference to "Lolita" are: changes in the fashion world where extremely young models are employed, often appearing in very erotic advertising; cloning of the image, especiaL/y by big business; and the movement of "Lolita's" image into cyber space typified by Japanese Kisekae and other virtual idols. The crossing-over of "Lolita" into popular culture continues unabated, and offers many opportunities for studying the manipulation of messages in efforts to try and capitalise on the changes in, and obsessions of, mass society. Indeed this famous work of Nabokov has spawned a vast number of offspring, exploiting the exploited Dolores Haze, the teen American nymphet and female interest of the novel, who becomes the sexual obsession of an older inteL/ectual emigre, Humbert Humbert.en_ZA
dc.description.versionPublisher's versionen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationRoodt, A. (2002). Reflections on transforming Lolita: the (de)generation of an image. Communitas, 7, 31-44.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn1023-0556 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2415-0525 (online)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11660/10090
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherUniversity of the Free Stateen_ZA
dc.rights.holderUniversity of the Free Stateen_ZA
dc.subjectVladimir Nabakoven_ZA
dc.subjectLolitaen_ZA
dc.subjectImageen_ZA
dc.subjectMass cultureen_ZA
dc.titleReflections on transforming Lolita: the (de)generation of an imageen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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