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Defacement: Public Secrecy and the Labor of the Negative
Michael Taussig
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Description for Defacement: Public Secrecy and the Labor of the Negative
Paperback. "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. Num Pages: 328 pages, 4 half-tones. BIC Classification: JFMD; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 525.
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 with the tearing of surface. This surfacing is made all the more subtle and ingenious, not to mention everyday, by the deliberately partial exposures involved in "the public secret"—defined as what is generally known ... Read more
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 with the tearing of surface. This surfacing is made all the more subtle and ingenious, not to mention everyday, by the deliberately partial exposures involved in "the public secret"—defined as what is generally known ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Number of pages
326
Condition
New
Number of Pages
325
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804732000
SKU
V9780804732000
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99-50
About Michael Taussig
Michael Taussig is Professor of Anthropology at Columbia University. He is the author, most recently, of The Magic of the State.
Reviews for Defacement: Public Secrecy and the Labor of the Negative
“This volume [which asks what happens when something precious is despoiled] is vintage Taussig. . . . It has the hallmarks of his other works—originality, unusual associations among diverse sources, provocative and definitely contestable interpretations of classic theoretical texts, and a generally intimate, fascinated style of communicating with his readers.”—George Marcus, Rice University