Mourning Sex

Performing Public Memories

Autori

• Peggy Phelan

Parametri

Pagine

200pagine

Tempo di lettura

7ore

• Arte / Cultura
• Filosofia
• LGBTQ+
• Saggistica
• Teatro

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Exploring diverse cultural representations, this book delves into the performance of mourning across various mediums. It analyzes a range of texts, including a poignant film by an AIDS patient and the remnants of the Rose theatre. Additionally, it examines grief through the lens of Caravaggio and Holbein's paintings, the Anita Hill and Clarence Thomas hearings, and Freud's patient Anna O, highlighting the intricate ways cultures express and process loss.

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Lingua: Inglese

Pubblicato: 1997

(In brossura)