In addressing the structure and political potentials of affects as something different from that of emotions in cognitive science, Architectural Grotesque employs the concept of the grotesque to frame and theorize the various affects produced in literature, cinema, and cultures. Using continental philosophy (Foucault, Deleuze, Badiou, and Agamben) and psychoanalytic criticism (Freud, Lacan), it argues for the need to build a new tradition different from the subversion and perversion emphasized in Queer Cinema. Written for those interested in cinema, gender, and critical theories, it is also...