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The Point of theory : practices of cultural analysis / edited by Mieke Bal and Inge E. Boer.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Culture--Congresses.
- Culture.
- Genre:
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Physical Description:
- 333 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Continuum, 1994.
- Summary:
- What is the point of bringing the reflexive discourse called 'theory' to bear on such diverse subjects as the Statue of Liberty, the decorations in Freud's study, a fifteenth-century triptych and contemporary science, on Kant and postmodern literature, Indian traditions and the voice of a soprano? In this volume, twenty-two major cultural theorists seek to make the workings of culture understandable.
- Notes:
- Papers presented at a conference.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-313) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0826406572
- OCLC:
- 29548052
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