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Sheer presence : the veil in Manet's Paris

In Sheer Presence, Marni Reva Kessler demonstrates how the ubiquitous veil and its visual representations knot together many of the precepts of Parisian life. Positioning the veil directly at the intersection of feminist, formalist, and social art history, Kessler offers a fresh perspective on perio...

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Autor principal: Kessler, Marni Reva (Autor)
Formato: Online Resource Libro
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press , 2010
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Acceso en línea:http://kunst.proxy.fid-lizenzen.de/fid/jstor-ebooks-art/www.jstor.org/stable/10.5749/j.ctttt98m
Publicación relacionada:Print version: Sheer presence
Notas de Autor:Marni Reva Kessler
E-Book Packages:JSTOR E-Books in Art, Design and Photography
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Sumario:In Sheer Presence, Marni Reva Kessler demonstrates how the ubiquitous veil and its visual representations knot together many of the precepts of Parisian life. Positioning the veil directly at the intersection of feminist, formalist, and social art history, Kessler offers a fresh perspective on period discourses of public health, seduction and sexuality, colonial stereotypes, and, ultimately, an emerging modernity
In Sheer Presence, Marni Reva Kessler demonstrates how the ubiquitous veil and its visual representations knot together many of the precepts of Parisian life. Positioning the veil directly at the intersection of feminist, formalist, and social art history, Kessler offers a fresh perspective on period discourses of public health, seduction and sexuality, colonial stereotypes, and, ultimately, an emerging modernity
Notas:Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-200) and index
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Descripción Física:1 Online-Ressource (xxxi, 215 pages)
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Formato:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
ISBN:9780816647828
0816698333
9780816647811
081664781X
9780816698332
0816647828