Double Exposures: The Practice of Cultural Analysis

Bal, Mieke

ISBN 10: 0415917042 / ISBN 13: 9780415917049

Published by Routledge, 1996

About this Item

Feminist literary theorist, specialist in Rembrandt, and a scholar of the Old Testament stories, Mieke Bal considers the signs and meanings that enrich our senses. Her subject is the act of showing, the gesture of exposing to view, especially in the context of the museum. Num Pages: 352 pages, 40 plates. BIC Classification: AB; AC; GM; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 171 x 20. Weight in Grams: 570. . 1996. 1st Edition. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Double Exposures: The Practice of Cultural Analysis
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415917042
• ISBN 13: 9780415917049
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

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?
Bal's subjects are displays from the American Museum of Natural History, paintings by such figures as Courbet, Caravaggio, Artemisia Gentileschi, and Rembrandt, as well as works by twentieth-century artists, and such literary texts as Shakespeare's Rape of Lucrece.

About the Author

Mieke Bal