Of what one cannot speak : Doris Salcedo's political art / Mieke Bal.

Author/creator Bal, Mieke, 1946-
Format Book
Publication InfoChicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2010.
Description280 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Metaphoring: singularity in negative space -- Metaphor and negative space -- Metaphoring negativity -- The insistence of metaphor -- The act of metaphoring -- Metaphor as skin -- Atrabiliarios as political object -- The politics of anthropomorphism -- The anthropomorphic imagination -- Locating violence -- House without spouse -- Theaters of gender -- On the move -- Timing -- Negations of place -- No more bones -- Foreshortening -- Foreshortening time -- The agency of space: installation -- Listening to time in space -- Abduction into pain -- History and the event in the present -- New space -- Acts of memory -- An act in search of an agent -- Perception and memory for witnessing -- Acting memory -- Meanwhile: herenow -- Active space -- Shibboleth of past and present -- Political art takes place.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 255-266) and indexes.
LCCN 2010011141
ISBN9780226035789 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0226035786 (cloth : alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks NB379.S25 B35 2010 ✔ Available Place Hold