Description
| Product ID: | 9780719038273 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Over Her Dead Body |
| Subtitle: | Death, Femininity and the Aesthetic |
| Authors: | Author: Elisabeth Bronfen |
| Page Count: | 480 |
| Subjects: | Literary studies: general, Literary studies: general, Philosophy: aesthetics, Gender studies: women and girls, Sociology: death and dying, Philosophy: aesthetics, Gender studies: women, Sociology: death & dying |
| Description: | The argument that this book presents is that narrative and visual representations of death can be read as symptoms of our culture and because the feminine body is culturally constructed as the superlative site of "other" and "not me", culture uses art to dream the deaths of beautiful women. The argument that this book presents is that narrative and visual representations of death can be read as symptoms of our culture and because the feminine body is culturally constructed as the superlative site of "other" and "not me", culture uses art to dream the deaths of beautiful women. -- . |
| Imprint Name: | Manchester University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Manchester University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 1992-10-01 |
