Six Modes of pleasure in Jouissance
1) Abjection (crossing cultural boundaries and the defilement of social categories, including the human body. Abjection results when cultural boundaries are crossed and defiled – the living and the dead, for example: vampires and zombies, The pleasure of abjection lies within its transgressive nature and its power to repel and fascinate, attract and disgust.)
2) Carnivalesque (inversion of social hierarchy; degredation, bebasement, uncrowning. Reality based pleasure, escaping rules and conventions that influence social control. Pleasure in bringing high status people down to earth)
3) Intertextuality (intentionally/unintentionally refers to other texts; shows like The Simpsons and Family Guy are examples. Deep focus on elements within the texts, absence of daydreaming but deep analysis instead, reflecting on matter.)
4) Irony (watch from a variety of viewpoints without choosing one and seeing everything as an ironic opposite of what's said)
5) Liminality (space between ideologies; borders and boundaries)
These six modes of pleasure all reflect what keeps audiences engaged when it comes to matters of pleasure. It all comes down to what our own personal preferences are, what engages us and what keeps us coming back. When acknowledging the factors of what keeps us interested in what the media dishes out to us in general society, these six factors which relate to our pleasure affect the types of shows we enjoy, what we reflect on or what we over look, the reality behind what we view and so forth. Media and Erotic analysis seeks to understand the ways in which not only the media affects the audience, but how the audience affects what the media will display.
Image source & credit: Google Images, and PowerPoint provided by M. Petit.
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