Mourning Sex: Performing Public Memories
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Author: Peggy Phelan
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 200
This study employs a range of cultural representations to examine how cultures perform their mourning. It looks at texts and events ranging from: the paintings of Caravaggio and Holbein, Massi and Friedman's film "Silver Lake Life" to the Anita Hill and Clarence Thomas hearing. The author meditates upon the performance and critics of the trauma of loss. Experimental and theoretically informed, this text advances performance theory in dialogue with psychoanalysis, queer theory, and cultural studies.
Author: Peggy Phelan
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 200
This study employs a range of cultural representations to examine how cultures perform their mourning. It looks at texts and events ranging from: the paintings of Caravaggio and Holbein, Massi and Friedman's film "Silver Lake Life" to the Anita Hill and Clarence Thomas hearing. The author meditates upon the performance and critics of the trauma of loss. Experimental and theoretically informed, this text advances performance theory in dialogue with psychoanalysis, queer theory, and cultural studies.
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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.
Author: Peggy Phelan
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 200
This study employs a range of cultural representations to examine how cultures perform their mourning. It looks at texts and events ranging from: the paintings of Caravaggio and Holbein, Massi and Friedman's film "Silver Lake Life" to the Anita Hill and Clarence Thomas hearing. The author meditates upon the performance and critics of the trauma of loss. Experimental and theoretically informed, this text advances performance theory in dialogue with psychoanalysis, queer theory, and cultural studies.
Author: Peggy Phelan
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 200
This study employs a range of cultural representations to examine how cultures perform their mourning. It looks at texts and events ranging from: the paintings of Caravaggio and Holbein, Massi and Friedman's film "Silver Lake Life" to the Anita Hill and Clarence Thomas hearing. The author meditates upon the performance and critics of the trauma of loss. Experimental and theoretically informed, this text advances performance theory in dialogue with psychoanalysis, queer theory, and cultural studies.
Mourning Sex: Performing Public Memories
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