352 Pages
by
Routledge
354 Pages
by
Routledge
352 Pages
by
Routledge
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A feminist literary theorist, specialist in Rembrandt, and a scholar with a knack for reading Old Testament stories, Mieke Bal weaves a tapestry of signs and meanings that enrich our senses. Her subject is the act of showing, the gesture of exposing to view. In a museum, for example, the object is on display, made visually available. "That's how it is," the display proclaims. But who says so?... Read more
Telling, showing, showing off; the value factory; the talking museum; museumtalk; first person, second person, same person; a postcard from the edge; the story of W 8 - his master's eye; head-hunting.
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Mieke Bal
