Between image and identity : transnational fantasy, symbolic violence, and feminist misrecognition / / Karina Eileraas

• Autore: Eileraas Karina <1971->
• Pubblicazione: Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2007; ©2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (207 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.48/9692
• Soggetto topico: Feminist theory - Political aspects; Sex role - Political aspects; Women - Violence against; Postcolonialism; Symbolism; Identity (Psychology); Women authors; Women artists
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Women Between Nations: Violence and the (Im)possibilities of Representation; 1 Fantasizing the Self: Identifying With and Against Images; 2 Disorienting Looks, Ecarts D'Identité: Colonial Photography, Ownership, and Identity; 3 Misrecognizing the Family Album: Blood, Fantasy, and Nationality in the Works of Helene Cixous and Theresa Hak Kyung Cha; 4 Dismembering the Gaze: Speleology and Vivisection in Assia Djebar's L'amour, la fantasia; Final Overture: Of Mutilation and Re-membering; Bibliography; Index ; About the Author
• Sommario/riassunto: This book addresses the 'autobiographical' literature, visual, and performance art of postcolonial women from Maghreb and Southeast Asia including Leila Sebbar, Assia Djebar, and Theresa Hak Kyung Cha. Karina Eileraas critically examines how contemporary postcolonial artists participate in the violence of representation in order to re-imagine the relationship between image and identity.
• Titolo autorizzato: Between image and identity
• ISBN: 0-7391-1811-0; 0-7391-5229-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910779836603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II