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Dead Matter : The Meaning of Iconic Corpses /

Taking as its starting point the significant role of the photograph in modern mourning practices, particularly those surrounding public figures, this work theorizes the connections between the body and the image by looking at the corpse as a special instance of a body that is simultaneously thing an...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Schwartz, Margaret, 1975- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2015]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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