Defacement: Public Secrecy and the Labor of the Negative - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Stanford University PressISBN-13:9780804732000ISBN-10:804732000UPC:9780804732000Book Category:Social ScienceBook Subcategory:AnthropologyBook Topic:Cultural & SocialSize:8.98 x 6.02 x 0.81 inchesWeight:1.1618Product ID:SCB58335QK
Defacement: Public Secrecy and the Labor of the Negative
Defacement asks what happens when something precious is despoiled. It begins with the notion that such activity is attractive in its very repulsion, and that it creates something sacred even in the most secular of societies and circumstances. In specifying the human face as the ideal type for thinking through such violation, this book raises the issue of secrecy as the depth that seems to surface...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Stanford University PressISBN-13:9780804732000ISBN-10:804732000UPC:9780804732000Book Category:Social ScienceBook Subcategory:AnthropologyBook Topic:Cultural & SocialSize:8.98 x 6.02 x 0.81 inchesWeight:1.1618Product ID:SCB58335QK
Michael Taussig is Professor of Anthropology at Columbia University. He is the author, most recently, of The Magic of the State.
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