The triangle of representation /
Moving deftly among literary and visual arts, as well as the modern critical canon, Christopher Prendergast's book explores the meaning and value of representation as both a philosophical challenge (What does it mean to create an image that ""stands for"" something absent?)...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Columbia University Press
©2000.
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| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7312/pren12090 |
| Summary: | Moving deftly among literary and visual arts, as well as the modern critical canon, Christopher Prendergast's book explores the meaning and value of representation as both a philosophical challenge (What does it mean to create an image that ""stands for"" something absent?) and a political issue (Who has the right to represent whom?). The Triangle of Representation raises a range of theoretical, historical, and aesthetic questions, and offers subtle readings of such cultural critics as Raymond Williams, Paul de Man, Edward Said, Walter Benjamin, and Hélène Cixous, in addition to pe. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 196 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-190) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0231506090 9780231506090 0231120915 9780231120913 0231120907 |