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On longing : narratives of the miniature, the gigantic, the souvenir, the collection
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Durham :
Duke University Press,
1993.
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| Edition: | 1st paperback ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- On description and the book. Stlll life ; The sadness without an object ; Interior decorations ; Space of language
- The miniature. Micrographia ; Tableau : the miniature described ; The secret life of things ; The dollhouse ; Miniature time
- The gigantic. Skywriting : exteriority and nature ; Exteriority : the city ; The gigantic described ; The lie : gigiantism in language
- The imaginary body. The grotesque body ; The body made miniature ; The Tom Thumb wedding ; Reading the body
- Object of desire. Part 1. The souvenir. The selfish ; Distance and intimacy ; Separation and restoration
- Object of desire, Part 2. Context destroyed ; Inside and outside ; Metaconsumption: the female impersonator
- Conclusion/Litotes
- Notes.